Patient Debt Relief Act
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish certain standards and requirements with respect to financial assistance and medical debt collectio… Show full official titleShow less
Official title: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish certain standards and requirements with respect to financial assistance and medical debt collection for hospitals participating in the Medicare program, and to amend title III of the Public Health Service Act to establish a grant program for purposes of medical debt relief.
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Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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- AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM
- AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM
- AMERICANS FOR FINANCIAL REFORM
- AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 7478: Patient Debt Relief Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7478/
"H.R. 7478: Patient Debt Relief Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7478/.
H.R. 7478, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-7478/.
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