Delaware · Senate Bill 8 · 152nd General Assembly

Medical Debt/Prohibit/Health Care Facilites/Interest/Late Fees

SB 8 Sponsored by Spiros Mantzavinos Withdrawn

  1. Introduced Mar 16, 2023
  2. In committee Mar 16, 2023
  3. Withdrawn  
  4. Passed the House  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

This Act protects patients from unfair debt collection practices for medical debt, including prohibiting large health care facilities from charging interest and late fees, requiring facilities to offer reasonable payment plans, limiting the sale of debt to debt collectors unless an agreement is made to keep protections in place, providing minimum time before certain collections actions may be taken, limiting…

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This Act protects patients from unfair debt collection practices for medical debt, including prohibiting large health care facilities from charging interest and late fees, requiring facilities to offer reasonable payment plans, limiting the sale of debt to debt collectors unless an agreement is made to keep protections in place, providing minimum time before certain collections actions may be taken, limiting liability for the medical debt of others, and preventing the reporting of medical debt to consumer credit reporting agencies for at least one year after the debt was incurred. Violations of the provisions of this Act are considered Prohibited Trade Practices and Consumer Fraud violations.

Every action

14 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

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  1. CommitteeIntroduced and Assigned to Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology Committee in Senate · Senate Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology
  2. SenateSubstituted in Senate by SS 1 for SB 8
  3. SenateSS 1 for SB 8 - Reported Out of Committee (Banking, Business, Insurance & Technology) in Senate with 1 Favorable, 4 On Its Merits
  4. SenateSubstituted in Senate by SS 2 for SB 8
  5. SenateSubstituted in Senate by SS 2 for SB 8
  6. SenateSS 2 for SB 8 - - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
  1. SenateSS 2 for SB 8 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 20 YES 1 ABSENT
  2. HouseSS 2 for SB 8 - Assigned to Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce Committee in House
  3. HouseSS 2 for SB 8 - Reported Out of Committee (Economic Development/Banking/Insurance & Commerce) in House with 3 Favorable, 5 On Its Merits, 1 Unfavorable
  4. SenateSubstituted in Senate by SS 2 for SB 8
  5. HouseSS 2 for SB 8 - - Passed In House by Voice Vote
  6. HouseSS 2 for SB 8 - Passed By House. Votes: 25 YES 16 ABSENT
  7. SenateSS 2 for SB 8 - Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES
  8. SS 2 for SB 8 - Signed by Governor

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it, joined by 11 cosponsors: 10 Democrats, 1 Republican.

All 11 cosponsors

From Delaware's official records (legis.delaware.gov), checked Nov 1, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.