HB1370
Health care providers, certain; reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies prohibited.
Summary
As Passed Both Chambers. Reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies by certain health care providers; prohibited.
Prohibits certain medical care facilities, certain health care professionals, and emergency medical services agencies from reporting any portion of a medical debt, defined in the bill, to a consumer reporting agency. The bill prohibits collection entities collecting or attempting to collect a medical debt from reporting such collection or attempts ... (More) to collect to a consumer reporting agency. The bill provides that a willful violation of such provisions constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. (Less)-
Bill History
- 01/15/2024 - House: Presented and ordered printed 24104453D
- 01/15/2024 - House: Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
- 01/23/2024 - House: Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
- 01/23/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1370)
- 02/01/2024 - House: House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/01/2024 - House: Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
- 02/06/2024 - House: House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/06/2024 - House: Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
- 02/06/2024 - House: Committee substitute printed 24107273D-H1
- 02/08/2024 - House: Read first time
- 02/09/2024 - House: Read second time
- 02/09/2024 - House: Committee substitute agreed to 24107273D-H1
- 02/09/2024 - House: Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1370H1
- 02/12/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1370H1)
- 02/12/2024 - House: Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N)
- 02/12/2024 - House: VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) Close Floor Vote
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed
- 02/13/2024 - Senate: Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 02/28/2024 - Senate: Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
- 03/01/2024 - Senate: Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/04/2024 - Senate: Passed by for the day
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Read third time
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Reading of amendments waived
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Committee amendments agreed to
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 03/05/2024 - Senate: Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N)
- 03/06/2024 - House: Senate amendments agreed to by House (58-Y 40-N)
- 03/06/2024 - House: VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 40-N) Close Floor Vote
- 03/25/2024 - House: Enrolled
- 03/25/2024 - House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1370ER)
- 03/25/2024 - Senate: Signed by President
- 03/26/2024 - House: Signed by Speaker
- 03/27/2024 - House: Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
- 03/27/2024 - Governor: Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
- 03/28/2024 - House: Impact statement from DPB (HB1370ER)
- 04/08/2024 - Governor: Approved by Governor-Chapter 751 (effective 7/1/24)
- 04/08/2024 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)
