HB 4596 - Dave Vella (D-Loves Park): creates a new unit inside the Illinois Department of Public Health to monitor and “counter” what it considers health misinformation. It requires certain organizations to disclose funding sources and provide citations for health-related claims, and violations could be treated as unlawful practices under the Consumer Fraud Act. In plain English, it gives the state the ability to police speech about public health issues. The definitions are broad and vague, and it opens the door to government deciding what is acceptable speech on controversial medical or moral issues. 

IFI OPPOSES THIS BILL.