COVID TESTING-DEBT
Summary
Amends the Medical Patient Rights Act. Provides that a health care professional or health care provider shall not contact a collection agency to collect unpaid debt when a patient has a late payment or nonpayment of a medical bill for COVID-19 testing, nor shall the health care professional or health care provider report the late payment or nonpayment to a credit reporting agency. Effective immediately.
Bill status
failed
3 of 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Apr 2021
Committee Review
May 2021
House Passage
Apr 2021
Senate Passage
Governor
Introduced Apr 21, 2021
Last action Jan 10, 2023
Floor votes · House Apr 21, 2021
How they voted
62–40
Passed · 3 other
Total votes 105
Apr 21, 2021
D
Democratic63
98% Yea
R
Republican42
95% Nay
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
21
Key actions
2
Committee
6
May 21, 2021
Committee
Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments
upper
May 10, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Executive
upper
Apr 27, 2021
Committee
Referred to Assignments
upper
Apr 21, 2021
Introduced
Arrive in Senate
upper
Apr 21, 2021
Lower · Passed
Third Reading - Short Debate - Passed 072-043-000
lower
Mar 24, 2021
Lower · Passed
Do Pass / Short Debate Health Care Licenses Committee; 005-003-000
lower
Mar 16, 2021
Committee
Assigned to Health Care Licenses Committee
lower
Feb 22, 2021
Committee
Referred to Rules Committee
lower
2 primary · 3 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
John Curran
RRepublican
P
Sue Scherer
DDemocratic
Co
Carol Ammons
DDemocratic
Co
Joyce Mason
DDemocratic
Co
Lance Yednock
DDemocratic
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