United States · Bill · S
S. 1581 (116th)
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2019
Introduced
21 May 2019
Last action
21 May 2019 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2019 This bill modifies requirements related to the reporting of medical debt. Specifically, a consumer reporting agency may not add certain medical debt information to a consumer credit report. Also, a debt collector may not report certain medical debt information to a consumer reporting agency within a specified time period and must notify the consumer prior to reporting such medical debt.
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Timeline
21 May 2019
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
21 May 2019
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 21 May 2019 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- · ssbk00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Medical Debt Relief Act of 2021
- related to ← Consumer Protection for Medical Debt Collections Act
- related to ← Medical Debt Relief Act of 2020
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/senate-bill/1581
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/116/s/1581
- us · 116-s-1581 · source updated 5 December 2025