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H.R. 3421: Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010

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H.R. 3421: Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010

111th Congress · introduced 2009-07-30 · Finance and Financial Sector · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2009-07-30 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Kilroy, Mary Jo [D-OH-15] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 1 recorded vote in our records. Latest: House roll call 557 (2010): On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended, HR3421 (2010-09-29), Passed. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010

Plain summary

Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010 - 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 for credit reporting purposes which, from the date of payment or settlement, antedates the report by more than 45 calendar days.

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Official text

Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House amended)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Kilroy, Mary Jo [D-OH-15] · 108 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3421, Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009 (2010-08-20); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3421, Medical Debt Relief Act of 2009 (2010-08-20); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3421, Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010 (2010-09-29); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 3421, Medical Debt Relief Act of 2010 (2010-09-29)

Cosponsors on this site

Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Al Green (D-TX), Dina Titus (D-NV), Doris O. Matsui (D-CA), André Carson (D-IN), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY), Betty McCollum (D-MN), Joe Courtney (D-CT), Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Lloyd Doggett (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) and 48 more.

Recorded votes

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Record fed-us-cong111-hr3421 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong111 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong111