99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB0939

 

Introduced , by Rep. Michael J. Madigan

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
225 ILCS 50/1  from Ch. 111, par. 7401

    Amends the Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act. Makes a technical change in a Section concerning the purpose of the Act.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Hearing Instrument Consumer Protection Act
5is amended by changing Section 1 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 50/1)  (from Ch. 111, par. 7401)
7    (Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)
8    Sec. 1. Purpose. The The purpose of this Act is to protect
9the deaf or hard of hearing public from the practice of
10dispensing hearing instruments that could endanger the health,
11safety and welfare of the People of this State. The Federal
12Food and Drug Administration has recommended that State
13legislation is necessary in order to establish standards of
14competency and to impose stringent penalties for those who
15violate the public trust in this field of health care.
16(Source: P.A. 98-827, eff. 1-1-15.)