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<item congress="116" measure-type="s" measure-number="4037" measure-id="id116s4037" originChamber="SENATE" orig-publish-date="2020-06-23" update-date="2020-11-03">
<title>Patient Credit Protection Act of 2020</title>
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<action-date>2020-06-23</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in Senate</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p><b>Patient Credit Protection Act of 2020 </b></p> <p>This bill prohibits credit reporting agencies from including certain medical debt on a credit report if (1) the consumer was covered by a health insurance plan at the time of the medical event; and (2) the consumer has paid, or is paying as part of a payment plan, the consumer's share of copayments, deductibles, and coinsurance. </p> <p>Credit reporting agencies are also prohibited from reporting certain debts incurred for unconscionably excessive medical expenses for health care items and services furnished at a hospital participating in Medicare. </p> <p>The bill also provides for the removal from a credit report of an impairment resulting from a medical debt within 30 days of notification that the consumer (1) has paid in full, or (2) is in regular compliance with a payment plan. </p>]]></summary-text>
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