Bill Text: IL HB0939 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced

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

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-24 - Rule 19(a) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB0939 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2015-HB0939-Introduced.html

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(Section scheduled to be repealed on January 1, 2016)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