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| Bill | Health care providers, certain; reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies prohibited. | Reporting of medical debt to consumer reportingagencies by certain health care providers; prohibited. Prohibitscertain medical care facilities, certain health care professionals,and emergency medical services agencies from reporting any portionof a medical debt, defined in the bill, to a consumer reporting agency.The bill requires such facilities, professionals, and agencies toinclude a provision in any contract entered into with a collectionentity, defined in the bill, for the purchase or collection of medicaldebt that prohibits the reporting of any portion of such medicaldebt to a consumer reporting agency. The bill provides that any portionof a medical debt reported to a consumer reporting agency in violationof such prohibition or requirement is void. | us/states/va | Virginia General Assembly | 2024 | HB 1370 | Virginia HB 1370 (2024) |
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Virginia HB 1370 (2024) — Health care providers, certain; reporting of medical debt to consumer reporting agencies prohibited.
Reporting of medical debt to consumer reportingagencies by certain health care providers; prohibited. Prohibitscertain medical care facilities, certain health care professionals,and emergency medical services agencies from reporting any portionof a medical debt, defined in the bill, to a consumer reporting agency.The bill requires such facilities, professionals, and agencies toinclude a provision in any contract entered into with a collectionentity, defined in the bill, for the purchase or collection of medicaldebt that prohibits the reporting of any portion of such medicaldebt to a consumer reporting agency. The bill provides that any portionof a medical debt reported to a consumer reporting agency in violationof such prohibition or requirement is void.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- CHAP0751 (committee substitute) — source
- Committee substitute printed 24107273D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
- HB1370ER (committee substitute) — source
- Presented and ordered printed 24104453D (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N) — 34–5 (pass) · upper
- VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 40-N) — 57–40 (pass) · lower
- VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 53–46 (pass) · lower
- Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 40–0 (pass) · upper
- Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 12–10 (pass) · lower
- Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 13–0 (pass) · upper
- Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) — 5–2 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Karrie K. Delaney — primary (person)
- Irene Shin — cosponsor (person)
- Rodney T. Willett — cosponsor (person)
- Rozia A. Henson, Jr. — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2024-01-15 Presented and ordered printed 24104453D
introduction - 2024-01-15 Referred to Committee on Labor and Commerce
referral-committee - 2024-01-23 Assigned L & C sub: Subcommittee #2
referral-committee - 2024-01-23 Impact statement from DPB (HB1370)
- 2024-02-01 House subcommittee amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-01 Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N)
substitution - 2024-02-06 House committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-06 Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N)
committee-passage - 2024-02-06 Committee substitute printed 24107273D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-08 Read first time
reading-1 - 2024-02-09 Read second time
reading-2 - 2024-02-09 Committee substitute agreed to 24107273D-H1
substitution - 2024-02-09 Engrossed by House - committee substitute HB1370H1
substitution - 2024-02-12 Impact statement from DPB (HB1370H1)
- 2024-02-12 Read third time and passed House (54-Y 46-N)
passage, reading-3 - 2024-02-12 VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N)
passage - 2024-02-13 Constitutional reading dispensed
- 2024-02-13 Referred to Committee on General Laws and Technology
referral-committee - 2024-02-28 Senate committee, floor amendments and substitutes offered
- 2024-02-28 Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A)
committee-passage - 2024-03-01 Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N)
- 2024-03-04 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-04 Passed by for the day
- 2024-03-05 Read third time
reading-3 - 2024-03-05 Reading of amendments waived
- 2024-03-05 Committee amendments agreed to
amendment-passage - 2024-03-05 Engrossed by Senate as amended
- 2024-03-05 Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N)
passage - 2024-03-06 Senate amendments agreed to by House (58-Y 40-N)
amendment-passage - 2024-03-06 VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 40-N)
- 2024-03-25 Enrolled
enrolled - 2024-03-25 Bill text as passed House and Senate (HB1370ER)
passage - 2024-03-25 Signed by President
passage - 2024-03-26 Signed by Speaker
passage - 2024-03-27 Enrolled Bill communicated to Governor on March 27, 2024
enrolled, executive-receipt - 2024-03-27 Governor's Action Deadline 11:59 p.m., April 8, 2024
executive-receipt - 2024-03-28 Impact statement from DPB (HB1370ER)
- 2024-04-08 Approved by Governor-Chapter 751 (effective 7/1/24)
executive-signature - 2024-04-08 Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0751)
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/0104f654-8a5e-4ea1-aaea-5badbecd7398. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Virginia legislature records).