Medical Debt Relief Act of 2025

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 119th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 2519 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 119th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 2519 To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the inclusion of medical debt on a consumer report, and for other purposes. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES July 29, 2025 Mr. Merkley (for himself, Mr. Blumenthal, Mr. Fetterman, Mr. Welch, Mr. Warnock, and Mrs. Gillibrand) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit the inclusion of medical debt on a consumer report, 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 Relief Act of 2025''. SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO FAIR CREDIT REPORTING ACT. (a) Medical Debt Defined.--Section 603 of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (15 U.S.C. 1681a) is amended by add…