United States · Bill · S
S. 2149 (112th)
Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2012
Introduced
1 March 2012
Last action
1 March 2012 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Sponsors
Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
14 August 2025
Summary
Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2012 - Amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to prohibit a consumer reporting agency from making any report containing information related to a fully paid or settled medical debt that had been characterized as delinquent, charged off, or in collection which, from the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 45 days.
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Timeline
1 March 2012
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
1 March 2012
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 1 March 2012 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssbk00 · Standing
Related records
- related to → Medical Debt Responsibility Act of 2011
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/112th-congress/senate-bill/2149
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/112/s/2149
- us · 112-s-2149 · source updated 14 August 2025