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H.R. 6470 (IH) - Medical Debt Relief Act of 2020
- Category
- Bills and Statutes
- Collection
- Congressional Bills
- SuDoc Class Number
- Y 1.6:
Y 1.4/6:
- Congress Number
- 116th Congress
- Congress Session
- 2nd Session
- Last Action Date Listed
- April 7, 2020
- Action
- Ms. Porter (for herself, Ms. DeLauro, Mr. Raskin, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Mr. García of Illinois, Ms. Norton, Mrs. Napolitano, Ms. Tlaib, Mr. Clay, Ms. Barragán, Ms. Haaland, Ms. Escobar, Mr. McGovern, Mr. Rush, Ms. Bonamici, Ms. Velázquez, Mr. Doggett, Ms. DelBene, Mr. Levin of Michigan, Mr. Blumenauer, Mr. Kilmer, Mr. Correa, Mr. Pocan, Ms. Sánchez, Mr. Nadler, Mr. Soto, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Van Drew, Mr. Brown of Maryland, Mr. DeFazio, Mr. Ryan, Mr. Castro of Texas, Mr. Takano, Mr. Serrano, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Cárdenas, Ms. Meng, Mr. Larson of Connecticut, Ms. Omar, Mr. Ted Lieu of California, Mr. Lynch, Ms. Scanlon, Mr. Neguse, Ms. Ocasio-Cortez, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, Mrs. Hayes, Mr. Malinowski, Mrs. Kirkpatrick, Mr. Lowenthal, Ms. Judy Chu of California, Mr. Levin of California, Mr. Danny K. Davis of Illinois, Ms. Jayapal, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Adams, Mr. Rouda, Ms. Jackson Lee, Ms. Schakowsky, Mr. Thompson of Mississippi, Mr. Harder of California, Mr. McEachin, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Kennedy, and Ms. Craig) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Financial Services
- Bill Number
- H.R. 6470
- Bill Version
- Introduced in House (IH)
- Short Title
- Medical Debt Relief Act of 2020
- Full Title
- To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to institute a 1-year waiting period before medical debt will be reported on a consumer’s credit report and to remove paid-off and settled medical debts from credit reports that have been fully paid or settled, to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide a timetable for verification of medical debt and to increase the efficiency of credit markets with more perfect information, and for other purposes.
- Sponsors
- Katie Porter(CA)
- Cosponsors
- Rosa L. DeLauro (CT); Jamie Raskin (MD); Sean Patrick Maloney (NY); Eleanor Holmes Norton (DC); Grace F. Napolitano (CA); Rashida Tlaib (MI); Wm. Lacy Clay (MO); Debra A. Haaland (NM); Veronica Escobar (TX); James P. McGovern (MA); Bobby L. Rush (IL); Suzanne Bonamici (OR); Nydia M. Velazquez (NY); Lloyd Doggett (TX); Suzan K. DelBene (WA); Andy Levin (MI); Earl Blumenauer (OR); Derek Kilmer (WA); J. Luis Correa (CA); Mark Pocan (WI); Linda T. Sanchez (CA); Jerrold Nadler (NY); Darren Soto (FL); Adriano Espaillat (NY); Jefferson Van Drew (NJ); Anthony G. Brown (MD); Peter A. DeFazio (OR); Tim Ryan (OH); Joaquin Castro (TX); Mark Takano (CA); Jose E. Serrano (NY); Yvette D. Clarke (NY); Tony Cardenas (CA); Grace Meng (NY); John B. Larson (CT); Ilhan Omar (MN); Ted Lieu (CA); Stephen F. Lynch (MA); Mary Gay Scanlon (PA); Joe Neguse (CO); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (NY); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (GA); Jahana Hayes (CT); Tom Malinowski (NJ); Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ); Alan S. Lowenthal (CA); Judy Chu (CA); Mike Levin (CA); Danny K. Davis (IL); Pramila Jayapal (WA); Steve Cohen (TN); Alma S. Adams (NC); Harley Rouda (CA); Sheila Jackson Lee (TX); Janice D. Schakowsky (IL); Bennie G. Thompson (MS); Josh Harder (CA); A. Donald McEachin (VA); Elissa Slotkin (MI); Joseph P. Kennedy III (MA); Angie Craig (MN)
- Committees
- Committee on Financial Services (Standing)
- United States Code Reference
- 15 U.S.C. 1681a, 1681c and 1692g