S 160 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013

Introduced Jan 28, 2013 Originated Senate Sponsor Jeff Merkley D-OR

Fact sheet

Latest action · Jan 28, 2013 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedJan 28, 2013
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any report containing information related to a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, charged off, or in collection which, from the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 45 days.

Cosponsors 9

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 28, 2013 to May 20, 2014, with 6 there on the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Jan 28, 2013
D-CT	Richard Blumenthal	Original	Jan 28, 2013
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Jan 28, 2013
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Jan 28, 2013
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Jan 28, 2013
D-IA	Tom Harkin	Original	Jan 28, 2013
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein		Jun 24, 2013
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Nov 19, 2013
D-HI	Brian Schatz		May 20, 2014

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 28, 2013Introduced in Senate
Jan 28, 2013Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 1767	Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2013	Identical bill	Apr 26, 2013

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Finance and Financial Sector.

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Jan 28, 2013Introduced in Senate

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