S 5150
117th Congress
Senate
Health
Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act
Introduced: November 30, 2022
Introduced by:
Murphy, Christopher
Democratic
· Connecticut
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 30, 2022
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Nov 30, 2022
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