Medical Debt Cancellation Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 4289 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 4289 To cancel existing medical debt, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 8, 2024 Mr. Sanders (for himself and Mr. Merkley) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To cancel existing medical debt, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Medical Debt Cancellation Act''. SEC. 2. GRANTS TO CANCEL MEDICAL DEBT OWED BY PATIENTS. Section 2799B-10 of the Public Health Service Act, as added by section 3, is amended by adding at the end the following: ``(e) Grants To Cancel Medical Debt Owed by Patients.-- ``(1) In general.--The Secretary shall establish a grant program under which the Secretary, beginning not later than 1 year a…