Bill Status of SB 3298   103rd General Assembly


Short Description:  MEDICAL DEBT REPORTING-FRAUD

Senate Sponsors
Sen. Mike Simmons

Last Action  View All Actions

DateChamber Action
  2/7/2024SenateReferred to Assignments

Statutes Amended In Order of Appearance
815 ILCS 505/2EEEE new

Synopsis As Introduced
Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person shall not report to a consumer reporting agency any medical debt incurred by a consumer or any collection action against the consumer to collect medical debt. Provides that a consumer reporting agency shall not make, create, or furnish any consumer report or credit report containing, incorporating, or reflecting any adverse information that the consumer reporting agency knows or should know relates to medical debt incurred by the consumer or a collection action against the consumer to collect medical debt. Provides that no consumer reporting agency shall maintain in the file of a consumer any information relating to medical debt incurred by a consumer or a collection action against the consumer to collect medical debt. Provides that a health care provider shall not furnish or report any medical debt incurred by a consumer or any collection action against the consumer to collect medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. Provides that a health care provider shall include a provision in any contract entered into with a collection agency for the purchase or collection of medical debt that prohibits the reporting of any medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. Provides that a violation of the provisions constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.

Actions 
DateChamber Action
  2/7/2024SenateFiled with Secretary by Sen. Mike Simmons
  2/7/2024SenateFirst Reading
  2/7/2024SenateReferred to Assignments

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