Health care providers, certain; reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies prohibited.

Reporting of medical debt to consumer reportingagencies by certain health care providers; prohibited. Prohibitscertain medical care facilities, certain health care professionals,and emergency medical services agencies from reporting any portionof a medical debt, defined in the bill, to a consumer reporting agency.The bill requires such facilities, professionals, and agencies toinclude a provision in any contract entered into with a collectionentity, defined in the bill, for the purchase or collection of medicaldebt that prohibits the reporting of any portion of such medicaldebt to a consumer reporting agency. The bill provides that any portionof a medical debt reported to a consumer reporting agency in violationof such prohibition or requirement is void.