99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
HB2450

 

Introduced 2/17/2015, by Rep. Daniel J. Burke

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
815 ILCS 505/2TTT new

    Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a manufacturer or distributor of prescription contact lenses to prevent a retailer from selling or advertising contact lenses below any specified price.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning business.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business
5Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2TTT as follows:
 
6    (815 ILCS 505/2TTT new)
7    Sec. 2TTT. Contact lenses; unilateral pricing policies
8prohibited. It is an unlawful practice under this Act for a
9manufacturer or distributor of prescription contact lenses to:
10        (1) prevent, by any means, including through a
11    unilateral policy or agreement, any retailer from selling
12    or advertising contact lenses to consumers below any
13    specified price or to otherwise limit the ability of any
14    retailer to determine prices at which contact lenses are
15    offered or advertised to consumers; or
16        (2) restrict options available to contact lens
17    consumers by discriminating in the distribution of contact
18    lenses based upon the channel of trade or based upon
19    whether the retailer is, or is associated with, a person or
20    entity, authorized by law to prescribe contact lenses.