SB1259 99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

LRB099 05453 JLS 25488 b

99TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2015 and 2016
SB1259

Introduced 2/17/2015, by Sen. James F. Clayborne, Jr.

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.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning business.

Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, represented in the General Assembly:

Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2TTT as follows:

(815 ILCS 505/2TTT new)

Sec. 2TTT. Contact lenses; unilateral pricing policies prohibited. It is an unlawful practice under this Act for a manufacturer or distributor of prescription contact lenses to:

(1) prevent, by any means, including through a unilateral policy or agreement, any retailer from selling or advertising contact lenses to consumers below any specified price or to otherwise limit the ability of any retailer to determine prices at which contact lenses are offered or advertised to consumers; or

(2) restrict options available to contact lens consumers by discriminating in the distribution of contact lenses based upon the channel of trade or based upon whether the retailer is, or is associated with, a person or entity, authorized by law to prescribe contact lenses.