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Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act

Introduced: September 24, 2020 Introduced by: Murphy, Christopher Democratic · Connecticut See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sep 24, 2020
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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 September 24, 2020

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

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Van Hollen, Chris
Maryland · Sep 24, 2020
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 4697: Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4697/
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"S. 4697: Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4697/.
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S. 4697, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-S-4697/.
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