United States · Bill · S
S. 3351 (115th)
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2018
Introduced
16 August 2018
Last action
16 August 2018 · 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. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
11 August 2025
Summary
Medical Debt Relief Act of 2018 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to modify 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
16 August 2018
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Source: IntroReferral
16 August 2018
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 August 2018 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Hassan, Margaret Wood [D-NH] · D · Sponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3351
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/3351
- us · 115-s-3351 · source updated 11 August 2025