U.S. Senate · 117th Congress · S. 214
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2021
A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act to institute a 1-year waiting period before medical debt will be reported on a consumer's credit report and to remove paid-off and settled medical debts from credit reports that have been fully paid or settled, to amend the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to provide a timetable for verification of medical debt and to increase the efficiency of credit markets with more perfect information, and for other purposes.
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- Sponsor
- Jeff MerkleyD-OR
- Introduced
- February 3, 2021, in the Senate
- Issue areas
- Policy area
- Finance and Financial Sector (from the Congressional Research Service)
- Full text and actions
- congress.gov
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Cosponsors (3)
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