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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.

  1. CHAP0751 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Committee substitute printed 24107273D-H1 (committee substitute) — source
  3. HB1370ER (committee substitute) — source
  4. Presented and ordered printed 24104453D (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • Passed Senate with amendments (34-Y 5-N) — 345 (pass) · upper
  • VOTE: Adoption (58-Y 40-N) — 5740 (pass) · lower
  • VOTE: Passage (54-Y 46-N) — 5346 (pass) · lower
  • Constitutional reading dispensed (40-Y 0-N) — 400 (pass) · upper
  • Reported from Labor and Commerce with substitute (12-Y 10-N) — 1210 (pass) · lower
  • Reported from General Laws and Technology with amendments (13-Y 0-N 2-A) — 130 (pass) · upper
  • Subcommittee recommends reporting with substitute (5-Y 2-N) — 52 (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).