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Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate No. 2428, New Jersey (December 19, 2022)

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A Senate Commerce Committee statement to Senate Bill No. 2428, with committee amendments, State of New Jersey, dated December 19, 2022, reporting the bill favorably as amended. The statement says the amended bill prohibits medical creditors from reporting any portion of a medical debt alleged to be unpaid to any credit reporting agency, bureau, or data collection facility, defines a medical creditor as a health care provider owed money for health care services or a person who purchases such a debt, and notes that the committee removed language prohibiting reports to a collection agency.

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“Senate Commerce Committee Statement to Senate No. 2428, New Jersey (December 19, 2022).” Archived at Pandemic Darlings, https://pandemicdarlings.com/source-documents/2022-12-19-scm-s2428-s1-bcc3129f76/, SHA-256 7ca8fdd6545ce5084b3ba7df171fa920ca33fa8b830da67072254b15666f7734.

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     SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE

                   STATEMENT TO

                 SENATE, No. 2428
                  with committee amendments



 STATE OF NEW JERSEY
                  DATED: DECEMBER 19, 2022

   The Senate Commerce Committee reports favorably and with
committee amendments Senate Bill No. 2428.
   As amended, this bill prohibits medical creditors from reporting
any portion of a medical debt which is alleged to be unpaid, to any
credit reporting agency, bureau, or data collection facility.
   Under the bill, a “medical creditor” is any health care provider
that provides health care services and to whom the consumer owes
money for health care services, or any person who purchases a debt
arising from the receipt of health care services.

COMMITTEE AMENDMENTS:
    The committee amended the bill to remove language prohibiting
medical creditors from reporting any portion of a medical debt which
is alleged to be unpaid to a collection agency.

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