3.0.0 3385 2023-01-11T13:33:32Z 2023-01-11T13:33:32Z Senate S 2016-09-22 114 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2016-09-22T16:34:06Z 2016-09-22 ssju00 Judiciary Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. IntroReferral 2016-09-22 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress W000802 Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI] Sheldon Whitehouse D RI N W000817 Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] Elizabeth Warren D MA A. 2016-09-22 True D000563 Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] Richard Durbin D IL J. 2016-09-22 True Finance and Financial Sector Bankruptcy Cemeteries and funerals Consumer credit Health care costs and insurance Higher education Housing finance and home ownership Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations Student aid and college costs Unemployment Wages and earnings Finance and Financial Sector 00 2016-09-22 Introduced in Senate 2017-05-17T16:51:50Z Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2016

This bill amends federal bankruptcy law to allow a medically distressed debtor to exempt, from the property of the estate in bankruptcy, up to $250,000 of the debtor's aggregate interest in: (1) specified real or personal property that the debtor or debtor's dependent uses as a residence, (2) a cooperative that owns such property, or (3) a burial plot for the debtor or debtor's dependent.

With respect to a medically distressed debtor, the bill waives certain administrative and procedural requirements.

In addition, the bill allows a medically distressed debtor to discharge in bankruptcy debts for certain educational loans.

A debtor who seeks relief as a medically distressed debtor must attest in writing, under penalty of perjury, that the debtor's medical expenses are genuine and were not specifically incurred to bring the debtor within the meaning of "medically distressed debtor."

]]> Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2016 Display Title Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2016 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title 11 of the United States Code to provide bankruptcy protections for medically distressed debtors, and for other purposes. Introduced in Senate IS Short Titles as Introduced Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2016 Introduced in Senate 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-114s3385is/xml/BILLS-114s3385is.xml 2016-09-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. 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.