Senate
Jul 14, 2016A bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to delay the inclusion in consumer credit reports and to establish requirements for debt collectors with respect to medical debt information of veterans due to inappropriate or delayed billing payments or reimbursements from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes.
Summary
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Protecting Veterans Credit Act of 2016 This bill amends the Fair Credit Reporting Act to exclude from a consumer report: (1) for one year, information related to a veteran's medical debt resulting from hospital or medical services provided in a non-Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facility; and (2) information related to a fully paid or settled medical debt that had...
Bill Progress
Bill has been introduced and assigned a number
Introduced(7/14/16)
Committee
Passed
House
Passed
Senate
President
Law
Sponsor
JD
Mr. Donnelly
(D) IN
Cosponsors (1)
Latest Action
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
Jul 14, 2016