S 4697
116th Congress
Senate
Health
Business records
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Consumer affairs
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Government information and archives
Health care costs and insurance
Health information and medical records
Interest, dividends, interest rates
Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act
Introduced: September 24, 2020
Introduced by:
Murphy, Christopher
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 24, 2020
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 24, 2020
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act
This bill establishes a series of requirements relating to the collection of medical debt. Among other provisions, the bill restricts the circumstances under which health care entities may initiate extraordinary collection actions, requires entities to provide detailed debt statements and payment receipts to patients, and establishes a public medical debt collection database with information about medical debt collectors.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1