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BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS (815 ILCS 555/) Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act.

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(815 ILCS 555/1)
Sec. 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Complex Rehabilitation Technology Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-324, eff. 1-1-26.)

    (815 ILCS 555/5)
    Sec. 5. Definitions. As used in this Act:

"Complex manual wheelchair" means a manually driven complex wheelchair that accommodates rehabilitative accessories and features.

"Complex power wheelchair" means a power-driven wheelchair that is classified as any of the following: (i) a Group 2 power wheelchair with power options; (ii) a Group 3 power wheelchair; (iii) a Group 4 power wheelchair; or (iv) a Group 5 power wheelchair.

"Complex rehabilitation technology" means an item that is (i) individually configured for an individual to meet specific and unique medical, physical, and functional needs and capacities for basic activities of daily living and instrumental activities of daily living and (ii) identified as medically necessary. "Complex rehabilitation technology" includes a complex wheelchair.

"Complex wheelchair" means a complex manual wheelchair or a complex power wheelchair.

"Qualified complex rehabilitation technology professional" means an individual who is certified as an assistive technology professional (ATP) by the Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology Society of North America (RESNA).

(Source: P.A. 104-324, eff. 1-1-26.)

    (815 ILCS 555/10)
    Sec. 10. Requirements for suppliers of complex wheelchairs. A person who sells or offers for sale complex rehabilitation technology in this State shall:
        (1) be accredited by a recognized accrediting

organization as a supplier of complex rehabilitation technology;

(2) employ at least one employee to whom the person

furnishes an IRS W-2 form and who is a qualified complex rehabilitation technology professional, in order to analyze the needs and capacities of the complex needs of consumers in consultation with qualified health care professionals, participate in the selection of an appropriate complex rehabilitation technology for those needs and capacities of the complex needs consumer, and provide training in the proper use of the complex rehabilitation technology;

(3) require a qualified complex rehabilitation

technology professional to be physically present for the evaluation and determination of appropriate complex rehabilitation technology for a complex needs consumer;

(4) be capable of providing service and repair by

trained technicians for all complex rehabilitation technology it sells; and

(5) provide written information at the time of

delivery of the complex wheelchair to the complex needs consumer stating how the complex needs consumer may receive service and repair for the complex rehabilitation technology.

(Source: P.A. 104-324, eff. 1-1-26.)

(815 ILCS 555/15)
Sec. 15. Repair services.

A supplier of complex wheelchairs shall offer service and repairs to the consumer of the complex wheelchair for the useful life expectancy of the complex wheelchair, unless:

(1) the consumer has moved outside of the original

supplier's service area;

(2) the damage that requires repair is the result of

consumer abuse or misuse of the equipment that restricts coverage by the client's health plan, and the client refuses to pay for the repairs; or

(3) the consumer or the consumer's representative

poses a potential threat to the health and safety of the supplier or is otherwise abusive.

(Source: P.A. 104-324, eff. 1-1-26.)

(815 ILCS 555/25)
Sec. 25. Enforcement.

A violation of any of the provisions of this Act is an unlawful practice under the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. All remedies, penalties, and authority granted by that Act shall be available for the enforcement of this Act.

(Source: P.A. 104-324, eff. 1-1-26.)

(815 ILCS 555/30)
Sec. 30. Applicability. This Act applies with respect to complex wheelchairs sold or in use on or after the effective date of this Act.
(Source: P.A. 104-324, eff. 1-1-26.)

(815 ILCS 555/900)

Sec. 900. (Amendatory provisions; text omitted).