Did not become law. It stopped in the House of Representatives's General Law Committee on January 17, 2025. The 2025 session has ended.
2025 Regular Session
House Bill 5424
AN ACT CONCERNING MEDICAL DEBT.
What it does
The synopsis the General Assembly published with the bill.
To (1) provide that (A) no medical debt shall be sold more than twice, (B) no action to collect any medical debt shall be commenced later than three years after the date on which such debt was incurred, (C) no owner of any medical debt shall recover any sum that exceeds the actual cost incurred in providing the health care for which such debt was incurred, and (D) no credit rating agency shall consider medical debt in calculating a consumer's credit score, and (2) establish additional transparency requirements applicable to purchasers of medical debt.
Sponsors
Who carried the bill in each chamber, and who signed on. Each name leads to the member's page.
In the House of Representatives
Sponsor
Chief co-sponsor
Its course
January 17 to January 17, 2025, on one scale. In the top row each mark is a day something happened; taller marks are busier days.
Each committee stop sits inside its chamber.
Every action1 action on 1 day
In the House of RepresentativesJan 17 to Jan 17 · stopped0 days
General Law CommitteeJan 17 to Jan 17 · stopped0 days
Text
Each version as the General Assembly printed it.
l9n doesn't hold this bill's text yet.
What happened
In l9n's words, one line for each step. Every action as the General Assembly published it is below.
In the House of Representatives Jan 17
- Jan 17Introduced and sent to General Law Committee
All 1 actions, as published
- Jan 17REF. TO JOINT COMM. ONBoth houses