101ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2019 and 2020
HB3948

 

Introduced 10/30/2019, by Rep. Robyn Gabel

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
New Act
215 ILCS 5/424  from Ch. 73, par. 1031

    Creates the Over the Counter Diet Pills Act. Prohibits the sale of over the counter diet pills to any person under 18 years of age. Provides that retail establishments selling over the counter diet pills must limit access, display, and provide access to over the counter diet pills designated by the Department of Public Health in specified manners. Provides that violations of the Act's provisions shall be punished as a business offense with a fine of no more than $2,000 and shall constitute an unfair method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or practice under the Illinois Insurance Code. Requires the Department, in consultation with the United States Food and Drug Administration and stakeholders, to determine which over the counter diet pills shall have limited accessibility. Amends the Illinois Insurance Code to make a conforming change. Effective 180 days after becoming law.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning health.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Over
5the Counter Diet Pills Act.
 
6    Section 5. Definitions. In this Act:
7    "Department" means the Department of Public Health.
8    "Lipotropics" means compounds that help break down fat
9during body metabolism.
10    "Over the counter diet pills" means a class of dietary
11supplements or drugs sold for or used with the intent to
12achieve weight loss or build muscle that is lawfully sold,
13transferred, or furnished over the counter with or without a
14prescription pursuant to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic
15Act or regulations adopted thereunder. "Over the counter diet
16pills" includes, but is not limited to, thermogens,
17lipotropics, hormones, hormone modulators, hormone mimetics,
18appetite suppressants, and ingredients deemed adulterated
19under Section 342 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
20    "Retail establishment" means any vendor that in the regular
21course of business sells over the counter diet pills at retail
22directly to the public, including, but not limited to,
23pharmacies, grocery stores, mail-order vendors, internet sale

 

 

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1vendors, or other retail stores.
2    "Thermogens" means substances that produce heat in the body
3and promote more calorie burning.
 
4    Section 10. Sale of over the counter diet pills.
5    (a) No over the counter diet pills shall be sold to any
6person under 18 years of age.
7    (b) A retail establishment that sells over the counter diet
8pills shall limit access to over the counter diet pills
9designated for limited accessibility by the Department under
10Section 20 in a manner designed to prevent the misuse or abuse
11of such products. Such products shall be displayed in locked
12cases, not be directly accessible by customers, and may only be
13accessed by a manager, assistant manager, acting manager, or
14other supervisory personnel at such location. Such products may
15only be purchased upon a request made by a customer to the
16manager, assistant manager, acting manager, or other
17supervisory personnel at such location.
 
18    Section 15. Violations.
19    (a) A violation of Section 10 shall be punishable as a
20business offense and subject to a fine of no more than $2,000.
21    (b) A violation of Section 10 shall constitute an unfair
22method of competition and an unfair or deceptive act or
23practice under Section 424 of the Illinois Insurance Code.
 

 

 

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1    Section 20. Determination of limited accessibility. The
2Department, in consultation with the United States Food and
3Drug Administration and stakeholders, including, but not
4limited to, the community of persons with eating disorders,
5shall determine by rule which over the counter diet pills shall
6have limited accessibility under subsection (b) of Section 10.
 
7    Section 25. Rulemaking. The Department shall adopt such
8rules as it deems necessary for the implementation of this Act.
 
9    Section 50. The Illinois Insurance Code is amended by
10changing Section 424 as follows:
 
11    (215 ILCS 5/424)  (from Ch. 73, par. 1031)
12    Sec. 424. Unfair methods of competition and unfair or
13deceptive acts or practices defined. The following are hereby
14defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair and
15deceptive acts or practices in the business of insurance:
16        (1) The commission by any person of any one or more of
17    the acts defined or prohibited by Sections 134, 143.24c,
18    147, 148, 149, 151, 155.22, 155.22a, 155.42, 236, 237, 364,
19    and 469 of this Code.
20        (2) Entering into any agreement to commit, or by any
21    concerted action committing, any act of boycott, coercion
22    or intimidation resulting in or tending to result in
23    unreasonable restraint of, or monopoly in, the business of

 

 

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1    insurance.
2        (3) Making or permitting, in the case of insurance of
3    the types enumerated in Classes 1, 2, and 3 of Section 4,
4    any unfair discrimination between individuals or risks of
5    the same class or of essentially the same hazard and
6    expense element because of the race, color, religion, or
7    national origin of such insurance risks or applicants. The
8    application of this Article to the types of insurance
9    enumerated in Class 1 of Section 4 shall in no way limit,
10    reduce, or impair the protections and remedies already
11    provided for by Sections 236 and 364 of this Code or any
12    other provision of this Code.
13        (4) Engaging in any of the acts or practices defined in
14    or prohibited by Sections 154.5 through 154.8 of this Code.
15        (5) Making or charging any rate for insurance against
16    losses arising from the use or ownership of a motor vehicle
17    which requires a higher premium of any person by reason of
18    his physical disability, race, color, religion, or
19    national origin.
20        (6) Failing to meet any requirement of the Unclaimed
21    Life Insurance Benefits Act with such frequency as to
22    constitute a general business practice.
23        (7) A violation of Section 10 of the Over the Counter
24    Diet Pills Act.
25(Source: P.A. 99-143, eff. 7-27-15; 99-893, eff. 1-1-17.)
 
26    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect 180 days

 

 

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1after becoming law.