3.0.0 4697 2023-01-11T13:44:42Z 2023-01-11T13:44:42Z Senate S 2020-09-24 116 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2020-09-24T19:32:30Z 2020-09-24 sshr00 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. IntroReferral 2020-09-24 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N V000128 Sen. Van Hollen, Chris [D-MD] Chris Van Hollen D MD 2020-09-24 True Health Business records Congressional oversight Consumer affairs Consumer credit Debt collection Government information and archives Health care costs and insurance Health information and medical records Interest, dividends, interest rates Health 00 2020-09-24 Introduced in Senate 2021-08-26T22:20:13Z 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.

]]> Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act Display Title Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act Short Title(s) as Introduced Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act Introduced in Senate IS Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional transparency and consumer protections relating to medical debt collection practices. Introduced in Senate IS Introduced in Senate 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-116s4697is/xml/BILLS-116s4697is.xml 2020-09-24 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.