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.
  


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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.