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Attorney says Tennessee medical-debt bill stalled; rule-making package filed with attorney general
Summary
At the April 9 meeting, board attorney Joseph Wharton reported that proposed Tennessee bills to prohibit reporting medical debt—Senate Bill 0402 and House Bill 0539—appear stalled in committee, and that the board’s rule-making package was filed with the attorney general on Feb. 24.
At the April 9 meeting, board attorney Joseph Wharton updated members on two separate rule- and law-related items: proposed state legislation dealing with medical debt on credit reports, and the board’s own rule-making package.
Wharton said that Senate Bill 0402 and a companion House Bill 0539 would have prohibited health care providers from reporting a patient’s medical debt to consumer reporting agencies and would have prohibited consumer reporting agencies from…
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