HR 7515
118th Congress
House
Finance and Financial Sector
Protecting Native Americans’ Credit Act of 2024
Introduced: March 1, 2024
Introduced by:
Johnson, Dusty
Republican
· South Dakota
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Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Mar 1, 2024
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Mar 1, 2024
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Protecting Native Americans’ Credit Act of 2024
This bill excludes specified medical debt incurred by Native Americans from credit reports.
The bill applies to medical debt related to treatment authorized by an Indian Health Service facility and performed at a non-Indian Health Service facility and medical debt wrongfully charged by the Department of Health and Human Services. This type of debt must be excluded from a credit report if the medical debt was incurred as a result of services received in the last year or if the debt has been fully paid or settled.
The bill also establishes a dispute process for such debt.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services.
Committees of jurisdiction
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