118th Congress · SENATE BILLBILL

S. 2483 — Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act

“A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional transparency and consumer protections relating to medical debt collection practices.”

Health

Introduced Jul 25, 2023

Last action Jul 25, 2023

Pipeline · Bill → Law

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Introduced

Jul 25, 2023

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Referred

Jul 25, 2023

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SummaryCRS Summary

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.

Provisions · 2 sectionsIntroduced in Senate

Timeline · 2 actions

Jul 25, 2023

Introduced in Senate

Jul 25, 2023

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.