SB1413 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
SB1413

Introduced 2/6/2023, by Sen. Sue Rezin

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:

New Act

Creates the Sale of Pharmaceuticals on Social Media Act. Provides that, notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual shall sell or advertise the sale of a pharmaceutical on social media unless the individual has completed a verification process with specified requirements.

A BILL FOR

AN ACT concerning regulation.

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

Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Sale of Pharmaceuticals on Social Media Act.

Section 5. Definition. In this Act, "social media" has the same meaning as defined in Section 6-5 of the Liquor Control Act of 1934.

Section 10. Sale of pharmaceuticals on social media; verification process. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no individual shall sell or advertise the sale of a pharmaceutical on social media unless the individual has completed the following verification process:

(1) the individual shall submit an image of both the front and back of the individual's state-issued identification card to the social media platform upon or through which the pharmaceutical is to be sold or advertised;

(2) a disclaimer must be included in any advertisement for the pharmaceutical on the social media platform that clearly discloses the name of the individual selling the pharmaceutical;

(3) the individual must be identified on the social media page upon which the pharmaceutical is being sold or advertised; and

(4) the individual must display a disclaimer on the individual's main page on the social media platform stating that the owner or operator sells or advertises the pharmaceutical on that social media platform.