SB 344 DE
AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL DEBT.
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Summary
This Act protects patients from unfair debt collection practices for medical debt, including prohibiting large health care facilities from charging interest and late fees, requiring facilities to offer reasonable payment plans, limiting the sale of debt to debt collectors unless an agreement is made to keep protections in place, providing minimum time before certain collections actions may be taken, limiting liability for the medical debt of others, and preventing the reporting of medical debt to consumer credit reporting agencies for at least one year after the debt was incurred. Violations of the provisions of this Act are considered violations of the Uniform Deceptive Trade Practices Act.
Sponsors (2)
- Spiros Mantzavinos Democratic · primary
- Kimberly Williams Democratic · primary
2 coauthors / cosponsors
- Stephanie L. Hansen Democratic · cosponsor
- Edward S. Osienski Democratic · cosponsor
Action history (1)
- Jun 29, 2022 Introduced and Assigned to Banking, Business & Insurance Committee in Senate · upper
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