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House committee rejects bill to delay medical debt collections and limit garnishments
Summary
House Bill 273, the Montana Medical Debt Patient Protection Act, failed second reading after debate over its protections for patients, effects on providers, and cost-shifting to other payers.
Representative Stefan Staffman presented House Bill 273 as a response to medical-debt harms he said constituents reported in door knocks and a committee hearing. The bill would require 120 days before a provider could take extraordinary collection actions, pause collections during insurance appeals, limit credit reporting and wage garnishment, protect a primary residence from foreclosure, and require that collection proceedings leave at least $3,000 in…
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