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2024 SESSION

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HB 1370 Health care providers, certain; reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies prohibited.

Introduced by: Karrie K. Delaney | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED: (all summaries)

Reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies by certain health care providers; prohibited. Prohibits certain medical care facilities, certain health care professionals, and emergency medical services agencies from reporting any portion of a medical debt, defined in the bill, to a consumer reporting agency. The bill prohibits collection entities collecting or attempting to collect a medical debt from reporting such collection or attempts to collect to a consumer reporting agency. The bill provides that a willful violation of such provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.

FULL TEXT

• 01/15/24  House: Presented and ordered printed 24104453D  pdf | impact statement
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107273D-H1  pdf | impact statement
• 03/25/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1370ER)  pdf | impact statement
• 04/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)  pdf

AMENDMENTS

• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
• House subcommittee amendments and substitutes adopted
• House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
• Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
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HISTORY

• 01/15/24  House: Presented and ordered printed 24104453D
• 01/15/24  House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
• 01/23/24  House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
• 02/01/24  House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
• 02/06/24  House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
• 02/06/24  House: Committee substitute printed 24107273D-H1
• 02/08/24  House: Read first time
• 02/09/24  House: Read second time
• 02/09/24  House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107273D-H1
• 02/09/24  House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1370H1
• 02/12/24  House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N)
• 02/12/24  House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
• 02/13/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
• 02/13/24  Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
• 02/28/24  Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
• 03/01/24  Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
• 03/04/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/04/24  Senate: Passed by for the day
• 03/05/24  Senate: Read third time
• 03/05/24  Senate: Reading of amendments waived
• 03/05/24  Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
• 03/05/24  Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
• 03/05/24  Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N)
• 03/06/24  House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (58-Y 40-N)
• 03/06/24  House: VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 40-N)
• 03/25/24  House: Enrolled
• 03/25/24  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1370ER)
• 03/25/24  Senate: Signed by President
• 03/26/24  House: Signed by Speaker
• 03/27/24  House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
• 03/27/24  Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
• 04/08/24  Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 751 (effective 7/1/24)
• 04/08/24  Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)