3.0.0 1624 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z 2023-01-11T13:18:09Z Senate S S 2009-08-06 111 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Hearings by 2009-10-20T16:07:53Z Referred to 2009-08-06T22:39:42Z Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act 111 901 HR 2010-07-15 Subcommittee Hearings Held. Related bill CRS 2009-10-20 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. Committee 2009-08-06 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2009-08-06 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9022) IntroReferral B00100 9 Library of Congress 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N K000148 Sen. Kerry, John F. [D-MA] JOHN KERRY D MA FORBES 2009-09-10 False S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2009-09-15 False F000457 Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN] Al Franken D MN 2009-09-24 False F000061 Sen. Feingold, Russell D. [D-WI] RUSSELL FEINGOLD D WI D. 2009-10-20 False D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2009-10-29 False I000025 Sen. Inouye, Daniel K. [D-HI] DANIEL INOUYE D HI KEN 2010-06-30 False Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Consumer credit Health care costs and insurance Housing finance and home ownership Legal fees and court costs Finance and Financial Sector 00 2009-08-06 Introduced in Senate 2009-10-07T14:52:20Z Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2009 - Amends federal bankruptcy law to cite circumstances under which a medically distressed debtor may elect to exempt from the property of the estate in bankruptcy up to $250,000 of the debtor's aggregate interest in specified real or personal property that the debtor (or debtor's dependent) uses as a residence, in a cooperative, or in a burial plot for the debtor or a dependent.

Revises requirements for dismissal or conversion of a Chapter 7 case to prohibit the court or specified parties in interest from filing a motion to dismiss or convert to Chapter 11 or 13 if the debtor is a medically distressed debtor.

Waives the credit counseling prerequisite for filing for relief from debt in the case of a medically distressed debtor.

Denies a discharge in bankruptcy from any debt incurred that relates to attorneys' fees generated as a result of the debtor's filing of a Chapter 7 petition.

Requires a debtor who seeks relief as a medically distressed debtor to attest in writing, and under penalty of perjury, that the medical expenses of the debtor are genuine, and not specifically incurred to bring the debtor within the coverage of the medical bankruptcy provisions of this Act.

]]> Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2009 Display Title Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2009 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code, to provide protection for medical debt homeowners, to restore bankruptcy protections for individuals experiencing economic distress as caregivers to ill, injured, or disabled family members, and to exempt from means testing debtors whose financial problems were caused by serious medical problems, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2009 Introduced in Senate 2009-08-06T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-111s1624is/xml/BILLS-111s1624is.xml 2009-10-20 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.