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Committee advances statewide medical-debt relief measure
California State Assembly Banking and Finance Committee · April 20, 2026
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Summary
Majority Leader Agar Curry and witnesses urged passage of AB 2123 to create a medical-debt relief program modeled on a Los Angeles County pilot that bought and canceled qualifying debt; the committee voted to send the bill to Appropriations.
The Assembly Banking and Finance Committee moved AB 2123 out to the Committee on Appropriations after supporters described a plan to purchase and cancel qualifying medical debt for low‑ and middle‑income Californians.
Majority Leader Agar Curry framed the bill as a response to widespread medical bills, saying nearly "40 percent of our…
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