(815 ILCS 301/15)

Sec. 15. Assistive technology device replacement or refund.

(a) If a new assistive technology device does not conform to an applicable express warranty and the consumer (i) reports the nonconformity to the manufacturer, the assistive technology device lessor, or any of the manufacturer's authorized assistive technology device dealers and (ii) makes the assistive technology device available for repair before one year after the first delivery of the device to the consumer or within the period of the express warranty if the express warranty is longer than one year, then a reasonable attempt to repair the nonconformity must be made at no charge to the consumer.

(b) If, after a reasonable attempt to repair, the nonconformity is not repaired, the person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased or leased must carry out the requirements of either item (1) or item (2) of this subsection at the option of the consumer:

(1) The person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased or leased shall provide a refund to the consumer within 30 days after the request by the consumer. If the consumer chooses this option, he or she shall return the device having a nonconformity to the person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased or leased along with any endorsements necessary to transfer legal possession to the person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased or leased.

If the assistive technology device was purchased by the consumer, the person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased shall accept return of the assistive technology device and refund to the consumer, and to any holder of a perfected security interest in the assistive technology device as the holder's interest may appear, the full purchase price plus any finance charge paid by the consumer at the point of sale and collateral costs, less a reasonable allowance for use.

If the assistive technology device was leased by the consumer, the person from whom the assistive technology device was leased shall accept return of the device, refund to the assistive technology lessor and to any holder of a perfected security interest in the device, as the holder's interest may appear, the current value of the written lease, and refund to the consumer the amount that the consumer paid under the written lease plus any collateral costs, less a reasonable allowance for use.

(2) The person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased or leased shall provide a comparable new assistive technology device. The consumer shall offer to transfer possession of the device having a nonconformity to the person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased or leased. No later than 30 days after that offer, the person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased or leased shall provide the consumer with the comparable new assistive device. Upon receipt of the comparable new assistive device, the consumer shall return the device having the nonconformity to the person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased or leased, along with any endorsements necessary to transfer legal possession to the person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased or leased.

(c) For purposes of this Section, "current value of the written lease" means the total amount for which that lease obligates the consumer during the period of the lease remaining after its early termination, plus the assistive device lessor's early termination costs and the value of the assistive device at the lease expiration date if the lease sets forth that value, less the assistive device lessor's early termination savings.

(d) For purposes of this Section, a "reasonable allowance for use" may not exceed the amount obtained by multiplying the total amount for which the written lease obligates the consumer by a fraction, the denominator of which is 1,825 and the numerator of which is the number of days that the consumer used the assistive device before first reporting the nonconformity to the person from whom the assistive technology device was purchased or leased.

(Source: P.A. 94-378, eff. 1-1-06.)