Bill Text: IL HB5161 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that it is an unlawful practice for a medical alert system operator to attempt to impose liability upon a person not a party to a contract upon the death of the person who is a party to the contract. Effective immediately.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-23 - Rule 19(b) / Re-referred to Rules Committee [HB5161 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HB5161-Introduced.html
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1 | AN ACT concerning business.
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2 | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
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3 | represented in the General Assembly:
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4 | Section 5. The Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business | |||||||||||||||||||
5 | Practices Act is amended by adding Section 2WWW as follows:
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6 | (815 ILCS 505/2WWW new) | |||||||||||||||||||
7 | Sec. 2WWW. Medical alert services. | |||||||||||||||||||
8 | (a) As used in this Section, "medical alert system | |||||||||||||||||||
9 | operator" means a person that operates a service that enables a | |||||||||||||||||||
10 | consumer to obtain assistance by initiating contact with the | |||||||||||||||||||
11 | medical alert system operator by means of activating a device | |||||||||||||||||||
12 | made available by the medical alert system operator under a | |||||||||||||||||||
13 | contract that requires periodic payments by the consumer. | |||||||||||||||||||
14 | (b) A medical alert system operator may not, upon the death | |||||||||||||||||||
15 | of the consumer under contract with the operator, impose or | |||||||||||||||||||
16 | seek to impose liability for the unexpired term of the contract | |||||||||||||||||||
17 | upon any person other than a party to the contract. | |||||||||||||||||||
18 | (c) A violation of this Section constitutes an unlawful | |||||||||||||||||||
19 | practice within the meaning of this Act.
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20 | Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon | |||||||||||||||||||
21 | becoming law.
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