S 3351
115th Congress
Senate
Finance and Financial Sector
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Health care costs and insurance
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2018
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 16, 2018
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Aug 16, 2018
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2018
This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to modify requirements related to the reporting of medical debt. Specifically, a consumer reporting agency may not add certain medical debt information to a consumer credit report. Also, a debt collector may not report certain medical debt information to a consumer reporting agency within a specified time period and must notify the consumer prior to reporting such medical debt.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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