3.0.0 4350 2023-01-11T13:45:34Z 2023-01-11T13:45:34Z Senate S 2020-07-29 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-07-29T16:06:48Z 2020-07-29 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-07-29 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD N M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. 2020-07-29 True B000944 Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] Sherrod Brown D OH 2020-08-05 False M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2020-08-05 False B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2020-08-10 False Health Administrative remedies Cardiovascular and respiratory health Civil actions and liability Debt collection Emergency medical services and trauma care Health care costs and insurance Infectious and parasitic diseases Interest, dividends, interest rates Medicaid Medical tests and diagnostic methods Medicare Health 00 2020-07-29 Introduced in Senate 2021-05-27T16:50:35Z COVID-19 Medical Debt Collection Relief Act of 2020

This bill temporarily limits certain activities to collect medical debts by health care providers that apply for, or accept, COVID-19 (i.e., coronavirus 2019) financial relief.

Specifically, such health care providers must suspend extraordinary collection actions, such as selling a debt to a third-party collector or placing a lien on an individual's property, until the later of the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency or 18 months after the enactment of this bill.

Further, individuals who have entered into medical debt repayment plans with health care providers may request the suspension of payments during such period. Providers must provide reasonable repayment options for individuals once repayments resume, such as extending repayment periods.

The bill also applies specified consumer protections to medical debt incurred for COVID-19-related testing and treatment between February 1, 2020, and 60 days after the COVID-19 public health emergency ends.

]]> COVID–19 Medical Debt Collection Relief Act of 2020 Display Title COVID–19 Medical Debt Collection Relief Act of 2020 Short Title(s) as Introduced COVID–19 Medical Debt Collection Relief Act of 2020 Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to provide immediate relief for patients from certain medical debt collection efforts during and immediately after the COVID-19 public health emergency. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4350is/xml/BILLS-116s4350is.xml 2020-07-29 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. 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.