Medical Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2024

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 5399 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 2d Session S. 5399 To amend title 11, United States Code, to provide bankruptcy protections for medically distressed debtors, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES November 21, 2024 Mr. Whitehouse (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Ms. Warren, Mr. Welch, Mr. Lujan, and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title 11, United States Code, to provide bankruptcy protections for medically distressed debtors, 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 Bankruptcy Fairness Act of 2024''. SEC. 2. DEFINITIONS. (a) In General.--Section 101 of title 11, United States Code, is amended-- (1) by inserting after paragraph (39A) the following: ``(39B) The ter…