SB 1061 (Limón, D-Santa Barbara)

SB 1061 prohibits consumer credit reporting agencies from including medical debt in consumer credit reports and also prohibits a health care provider from furnishing information regarding a medical debt to a consumer credit reporting agency. The bill also requires hospitals to maintain all documents related to an individual’s medical debt, including litigation documents. Amendments taken in the Assembly Appropriations Committee conform the definition of medical debt to the proposed federal rule.