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2023 - 2024 LEGISLATURE
December 8, 2023 - Introduced by Representatives J. Anderson, Clancy, Drake,
Emerson, Jacobson, Joers, Madison, Moore Omokunde, Myers,
Ortiz-Velez, Ratcliff, Shankland, Shelton, Snodgrass, Stubbs and Subeck,
cosponsored by Senators Larson and Spreitzer. Referred to Committee on
Health, Aging and Long-Term Care.
AB786,1,2
1An Act to create 146.691 of the statutes;
relating to: limiting reporting of
2collections status for medical debt.
Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau
This bill prohibits a health care provider, or a billing administrator or debt
collector acting on behalf of a health care provider, from reporting to a consumer
reporting agency that a debt arising from services provided by the health care
provider is in collections status unless 1) the health care provider provided a written
statement to the patient describing the unpaid amount and including the name and
address of the health care provider that provided the services, 2) six months have
passed since the due date listed on that statement, and 3) the patient does not dispute
the charges.
The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do
enact as follows:
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3Section
1. 146.691 of the statutes is created to read:
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4146.691 Reporting of medical debt to a consumer reporting agency. (1)
5In this section:
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(a) “Consumer reporting agency” has the meaning given in s. 100.54 (1) (c).
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1(b) “Health care provider” has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (1).
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(c) “Patient” has the meaning given in s. 146.81 (3).
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3(2) No health care provider that provided services, and no billing administrator
4or debt collector acting on behalf of that health care provider, may report to a
5consumer reporting agency that a debt arising from services provided by the health
6care provider is in collections status unless all of the following are true:
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(a)
The health care provider, billing administrator, or debt collector sent a
8written statement to the patient describing the unpaid amount and including the
9name and address of the health care provider that provided the services.
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(b) Six months have passed since the due date listed on the statement under
11par. (a).
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(c)
The patient does not dispute the charges.
