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| 2 | 2 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3700 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 3 | 3 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 284 |
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| 4 | 4 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 5 | 5 | | _________________ |
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| 6 | 6 | | PRESENTED BY: |
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| 7 | 7 | | Kip A. Diggs |
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| 8 | 8 | | _________________ |
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| 9 | 9 | | To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General |
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| 10 | 10 | | Court assembled: |
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| 11 | 11 | | The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill: |
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| 12 | 12 | | An Act to reduce the burden of medical debt. |
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| 13 | 13 | | _______________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | PETITION OF: |
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| 15 | 15 | | NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Kip A. Diggs2nd Barnstable1/19/2023Jon Santiago9th Suffolk2/8/2023 1 of 2 |
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| 16 | 16 | | HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 3700 FILED ON: 1/20/2023 |
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| 17 | 17 | | HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 284 |
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| 18 | 18 | | By Representative Diggs of Barnstable, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 284) of Kip |
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| 19 | 19 | | A. Diggs and Jon Santiago relative to medical debt consumer credit reports. Consumer |
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| 20 | 20 | | Protection and Professional Licensure. |
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| 21 | 21 | | The Commonwealth of Massachusetts |
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| 22 | 22 | | _______________ |
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| 23 | 23 | | In the One Hundred and Ninety-Third General Court |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2023-2024) |
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| 25 | 25 | | _______________ |
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| 26 | 26 | | An Act to reduce the burden of medical debt. |
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| 27 | 27 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority |
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| 28 | 28 | | of the same, as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | 1 SECTION 1. Section 52 of chapter 93 of the General Laws, as appearing in the 2020 |
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| 30 | 30 | | 2Official Edition, is hereby amended by inserting after clause (6) the following clause:- |
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| 31 | 31 | | 3 (7) Information concerning medical debt arising from the receipt of health care services. |
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| 32 | 32 | | 4 SECTION 2. Said section 52 of said chapter 93 of the General Laws, as so appearing is |
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| 33 | 33 | | 5further amended by striking subsection (b) and inserting in place thereof the following |
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| 34 | 34 | | 6subsection:- |
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| 35 | 35 | | 7 (b) Except for subsection (7), the provisions of subsection (a) are not applicable in the |
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| 36 | 36 | | 8case of any consumer credit report to be used in connection with – |
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| 37 | 37 | | 9 (1) a credit transaction involving, or which may reasonably be expected to involve, a |
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| 38 | 38 | | 10principal amount of fifty thousand dollars or more; or 2 of 2 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 11 (2) the underwriting of life insurance involving, or which may reasonably be expected to |
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| 40 | 40 | | 12involve, a face amount of fifty thousand dollars or more. |
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