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131st MAINE LEGISLATURE
SECOND REGULAR SESSION-2024
Legislative Document No. 2115S.P. 908 In Senate, January 3, 2024
An Act Requiring Health Care Providers to Engage in Fair
Practices When Selling Medical Debt
Approved for introduction by a majority of the Legislative Council pursuant to Joint Rule
203.
Reference to the Committee on Health Coverage, Insurance and Financial Services
suggested and ordered printed.
DAREK M. GRANT
Secretary of the Senate
Presented by Senator TIPPING of Penobscot.
Cosponsored by Representative PERRY of Calais and
Senators: BAILEY of York, DAUGHTRY of Cumberland, HICKMAN of Kennebec, President
JACKSON of Aroostook, VITELLI of Sagadahoc. Page 1 - 131LR2795(01)
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2 is enacted to read:
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4 assign, sell or otherwise transfer a debt for health care services to a debt collector for less
5 than the total amount of the debt unless the health care provider has offered the consumer
6 responsible for the debt the opportunity to acquire the debt at the same reduced amount as
7 the debt collector before the debt collector acquires the debt from the health care provider.
8 is enacted to read:
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11 medical expenses against a consumer unless the debt collector has acquired the debt from
12 a health care provider that has complied with the requirements of Title 9-A, section
13 5-116-A, subsection 5.
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15 This bill provides that a health care provider may not assign, sell or otherwise transfer
16 medical debt to a debt collector for less than the total amount of the debt unless the health
17 care provider has offered the consumer responsible for the debt the opportunity to acquire
18 the debt at the same reduced amount as the debt collector before the debt collector acquires
19 the debt from the health care provider.
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