Illinois Senate Bill 3298

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 7 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-02-07 - Referred to Assignments
Pending: Senate Assignments Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Amends the Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act. Provides that a person shall not report to a consumer reporting agency any medical debt incurred by a consumer or any collection action against the consumer to collect medical debt. Provides that a consumer reporting agency shall not make, create, or furnish any consumer report or credit report containing, incorporating, or reflecting any adverse information that the consumer reporting agency knows or should know relates to medical debt incurred by the consumer or a collection action against the consumer to collect medical debt. Provides that no consumer reporting agency shall maintain in the file of a consumer any information relating to medical debt incurred by a consumer or a collection action against the consumer to collect medical debt. Provides that a health care provider shall not furnish or report any medical debt incurred by a consumer or any collection action against the consumer to collect medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. Provides that a health care provider shall include a provision in any contract entered into with a collection agency for the purchase or collection of medical debt that prohibits the reporting of any medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. Provides that a violation of the provisions constitutes an unlawful practice within the meaning of the Act.

MEDICAL DEBT REPORTING-FRAUD

Sen. Mike Simmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-07	Senate	Referred to Assignments
2024-02-07	Senate	First Reading
2024-02-07	Senate	Filed with Secretary by Sen. Mike Simmons

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
815	505	2EEEE	New Code	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=3298&GAID=17&DocTypeID=SB&SessionID=112&GA=103
Text	https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/103/SB/10300SB3298.htm