legislation: 117-s-5150

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bill_id	congress	bill_type	bill_number	title	policy_area	introduced_date	latest_action_date	latest_action_text	origin_chamber	sponsor_name	sponsor_state	sponsor_party	sponsor_bioguide_id	cosponsor_count	summary_text	update_date	url
117-s-5150	117	s	5150	Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act	Health	2022-11-30	2022-11-30	Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.	Senate	Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT]	CT	D	M001169	1	Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act 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.	2023-07-31T19:45:19Z

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