Virginia Code 59.1-444.4: Reporting of medical debt prohibited; civil penalty
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A. No medical care facility listed in § 32.1-102.1:3, no person licensed or certified by a health regulatory board within the Department of Health Professions, and no emergency medical services agency, as defined in § 32.1-111.1, shall report any portion of a medical debt to a consumer reporting agency.
Terms Used In Virginia Code 59.1-444.4
- Collection entity: means any person that purchases debt or collects debt on behalf of another entity. See Virginia Code 59.1-444.1
- Consumer: means an individual who is also a resident of the Commonwealth. See Virginia Code 59.1-444.1
- Medical debt: means debt arising from health care services, including products, devices, durable medical equipment, and prescription drugs, and from the provision of transportation to receive health care services. See Virginia Code 59.1-444.1
- Person: includes any individual, corporation, partnership, association, cooperative, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, government, political subdivision, or any other legal or commercial entity and any successor, representative, agent, agency, or instrumentality thereof. See Virginia Code 1-230
B. No collection entity collecting or attempting to collect a medical debt shall report such collection or attempts to collect to a consumer reporting agency.
C. Any willful violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a prohibited practice pursuant to the provisions of § 59.1-200 and shall be subject to any and all of the enforcement provisions of Chapter 17 (§ 59.1-196 et seq.).
2024, c. 751.