Wisconsin 2023-2024 Regular Session

Wisconsin Senate Bill SB1068 Compare Versions

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3	3	2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
4	4	2023 SENATE BILL 1068
5	5	February 26, 2024 - Introduced by Senators LARSON and SPREITZER, cosponsored by
6	6	Representatives J. ANDERSON, CLANCY, DRAKE, EMERSON, JACOBSON, JOERS,
7	7	MADISON, MOORE OMOKUNDE, MYERS, ORTIZ-VELEZ, RATCLIFF, SHANKLAND,
8	8	SHELTON, SNODGRASS, STUBBS and SUBECK. Referred to Committee on Shared
9	9	Revenue, Elections and Consumer Protection.
10	10	*AUTHORS SUBJECT TO CHANGE*
11	11	AN ACT to create 146.691 of the statutes; relating to: limiting reporting of
12	12	collections status for medical debt.
13	13	Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
14	14	This bill prohibits a health care provider, or a billing administrator or debt
15	15	collector acting on behalf of a health care provider, from reporting to a consumer
16	16	reporting agency that a debt arising from services provided by the health care
17	17	provider is in collections status unless 1) the health care provider provided a written
18	18	statement to the patient describing the unpaid amount and including the name and
19	19	address of the health care provider that provided the services, 2) six months have
20	20	passed since the due date listed on that statement, and 3) the patient does not dispute
21	21	the charges.
22	22	The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
23	23	enact as follows:
24	24	SECTION 1. 146.691 of the statutes is created to read:
25	25	146.691 Reporting of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. (1)
26	26	In this section:
27	27	(a) “Consumer reporting agency” has the meaning given in s. 100.54 (1) (c).
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36	36	(b) “Health care provider” has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1).
37	37	(c) “Patient” has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (3).
38	38	(2) No health care provider that provided services, and no billing administrator
39	39	or debt collector acting on behalf of that health care provider, may report to a
40	40	consumer reporting agency that a debt arising from services provided by the health
41	41	care provider is in collections status unless all of the following are true:
42	42	(a) The health care provider, billing administrator, or debt collector sent a
43	43	written statement to the patient describing the unpaid amount and including the
44	44	name and address of the health care provider that provided the services.
45	45	(b) Six months have passed since the due date listed on the statement under
46	46	par. (a).
47	47	(c) The patient does not dispute the charges.
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