S 214
117th Congress
Senate
Finance and Financial Sector
Consumer credit
Debt collection
Health care costs and insurance
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2021
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 3, 2021
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Feb 3, 2021
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2021
This bill modifies requirements related to the reporting of medical debt. Specifically, a consumer reporting agency is prohibited from adding medical debt information to a consumer credit report if the debt
- was fully paid or settled, or
- is less than a year old.
Additionally, a debt collector must notify the consumer prior to reporting medical debt to a consumer reporting agency.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Committees of jurisdiction
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