MA S1190

Bill

MA S1190

To prevent unscrupulous medical debt recovery practices

Introduced
04/15/2015

In Committee
04/15/2015

Crossed Over

Passed

Dead
07/31/2016

Introduced Session

189th General Court

Bill Summary

For legislation relative to protecting hospital and community health center patients. Public Health.

AI Summary

This bill aims to protect patients of hospitals and community health centers from aggressive medical debt collection practices by requiring the division (presumably a state health division) to create regulations that prevent hospitals, health centers, or their agents from taking legal action to seize a patient's or their guarantor's primary residence, up to a certain legal limit, or their primary vehicle to collect medical debt, even if the patient has filed a homestead declaration, which is a legal protection for a primary residence.

Committee Categories

Health and Social Services

Sponsors (1)

Mark Montigny (D)*,

Last Action

Accompanied a study order, see S2199 (on 03/28/2016)

Official Document

https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1190

(10 Companion Bills)

Version:

Document Type	Source Location
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/Senate/S1190
State Bill Page	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S1190
Bill	https://malegislature.gov/Bills/189/S1190.pdf

Bill	Bill Name	Last Action	Type
S1047	To increase access to mental health services	Accompanied a study order, see H4272	Similar To
S1124	Relative to safe patient handling in certain health facilities	Accompanied a new draft, see H4039	Similar To
S1157	To prevent sudden cardiac arrest	Accompanied a study order, see S2199	Similar To
S1210	To enhance computerized physician order entry (CPOE) to ensure access to medically necessary services	Accompanied a study order, see S2411	Similar To
S1237	Improving the accuracy of eyewitness identification procedures	Accompanied a study order, see S2362	Similar To
S2199	Public health issues	Reported (in part) by S1231	Replaced by
S284	Relative to preventing adolescent substance abuse by expanding SBIRT	Accompanied a study order, see S2356	Similar To
S778	To permit independent enforcement of restitution orders in criminal cases	Accompanied a study order, see S2204	Similar To
S820	To prevent intimidation in all courts of the Commonwealth	Accompanied a study order, see S2204	Similar To
S878	To protect health and safety of animals in vehicles	New draft substituted, as amended, see S2369	Similar To

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