To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional transparency and consumer protections relating to medical debt collection practices.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional transparency and consumer protections relating to medical debt collection practices., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients. The main policy domain is Healthcare, Finance, Labor.
Who Benefits and How
health care providers and patients may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, health care providers and patients may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section S1: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act.
- Section idD2A54004617B43DFA9029EFB68D68529: 2. Medical debt collections Part C of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg–91 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following:...
- Section id3D343593505B47EEB471E3546671D390: 2796. Medical debt collections In this section: The term database means the medical debt collection database established under subsection (e). The term debt...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional transparency and consumer protections relating to medical debt collection practices., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Key Policy Areas
Healthcare, Finance, Labor
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional transparency and consumer protections relating to medical debt collection practices., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting health care providers and patients.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- health care providers and patients
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- health care providers and patients
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMr. Murphy (for himself and Mr. Braun) introduced the following …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_secretary"
- → The Secretary identified in the operative section
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