S 2483 · 118th Congress · Health

Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act

Introduced 2023-07-25· Sponsored by Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]· Senate

Bill Progress

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Committee
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Senate Vote
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House
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Enacted
Latest: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.(2023-07-25)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] 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.…

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Cosponsors (2)

1 Democrat1 Republican