ORTHOPOX VIRUSES-MONKEYPOX SponsorsGovernor 6/10/2003HouseFiled with the Secretary of State Directs the Department of Public Health, in consultation with the Department of Agriculture, to develop and implement plans relating to animals infected or exposed to the orthopox virus. Restricts unnecessary human contact with prairie dogs and Gambian rats, which can transmit monkeypox or other orthopox viruses to humans. 6/10/2003HouseFiled with the Secretary of State