Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act
- Last Action
- 7/25/2023
Actions
- 2023-07-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
- 2023-07-25Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-25 (00)
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.
Cosponsors (2)
- Mike Braun (R-IN)
- Martin Heinrich (D-NM)
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