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Committee approves patient‑protections package limiting aggressive medical debt collection
Summary
A compromise substitute to HB 17‑25 won committee approval on a 13‑2 vote. The substitute caps interest and late fees, restricts certain collection actions and requires notices and a delay before extraordinary collection actions for patients eligible for financial assistance.
A bipartisan substitute addressing medical‑debt collections passed the committee after months of stakeholder negotiations, according to the sponsor.
Delegate Delaney, sponsor of House Bill 17‑25, said the substitute aims to protect patients who incur medical debt because of illness or injury while still allowing providers and creditors to collect balances owed. “We wanted to put safeguards in place to ensure people aren’t treated in a predatory fashion when they fall into medical debt,” Delaney said.
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