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S. 3419 111th Congress Senate

Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010

Official title: A bill to exclude from consumer credit reports medical debt that has been in collection and has been fully paid or settled, and for other purposes.

Introduced: May 25, 2010 Introduced by: Jeff Merkley Democratic · Oregon See on congress.gov
Finance and Financial Sector Consumer creditHealth care costs and insurance
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May 25, 2010
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4221)
May 25, 2010
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S4220-4221)
May 25, 2010
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action May 25, 2010

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (text of measure as introduced: CR S4221)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any report containing information related to a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, charged off, or in collection which, from the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 45 days.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3421 Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 2
D
Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 25, 2010
 D
Schumer, Charles E.
New York · May 25, 2010
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3419: Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010. 111th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3419/
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"S. 3419: Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010." 111th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3419/.
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S. 3419, 111th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/111-S-3419/.
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