Delaware General Assembly

Lieu/Substituted 5/9/23

The General Assembly has ended, the current status is the final status.

SS 2 for SB 8 w/ SA 1 + HA 1

3/16/23

Mantzavinos

Rep. K. Williams

Sen. Gay, Hansen, Huxtable, Lawson, S. McBride, Poore, Townsend
Reps. Heffernan, K. Johnson, Lambert, Wilson-Anton

AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 6 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO MEDICAL DEBT.

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 Prohibited Trade Practices and Consumer Fraud violations.

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Takes effect upon being signed into law

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