SB 23-093 - Prohibits Annual Medical Debt Interest from Exceeding 3% - Colorado Key Vote
Jeff Bridges voted Yea (Passage) on this Legislation.
Timeline
- Executive Signed
- May 4, 2023
- House Bill Passed
- April 13, 2023
- Senate Bill Passed
- March 10, 2023
- Introduced
- Jan. 30, 2023
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Title: Prohibits Annual Medical Debt Interest from Exceeding 3%
Signed by Governor Jared Polis
Title: Prohibits Annual Medical Debt Interest from Exceeding 3%
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits annual medical debt interest from exceeding 3%.
Highlights:
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Prohibits annual medical debt interest in the state of Colorado from exceeding 3%.
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Defines “medical debt” as debt arising from health-care service or health-care goods including,but not limited to, the following (Sec. 2):
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Products;
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Services;
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Devices;
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Durable medical equipment; and
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Prescription drugs.
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Exempts any debt charged to a credit card from being included in the definition of medical debt (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes other consumer protections related to health care facilities and debt collection agencies that collect on medical debt (Sec. 3).
Title: Prohibits Annual Medical Debt Interest from Exceeding 3%
Vote Smart's Synopsis:
Vote to pass a bill that prohibits annual medical debt interest from exceeding 3%.
Highlights:
-
Prohibits annual medical debt interest in the state of Colorado from exceeding 3%.
-
Defines “medical debt” as debt arising from health-care service or health-care goods including,but not limited to, the following (Sec. 2):
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Products;
-
Services;
-
Devices;
-
Durable medical equipment; and
-
Prescription drugs.
-
Exempts any debt charged to a credit card from being included in the definition of medical debt (Sec. 2).
- Authorizes other consumer protections related to health care facilities and debt collection agencies that collect on medical debt (Sec. 3).
Title: Prohibits Annual Medical Debt Interest from Exceeding 3%
- Judy Amabile (CO - D)
- Jennifer Bacon (CO - D)
- Shannon Bird (CO - D)
- Andrew Boesenecker (CO - D)
- Janet P. Buckner (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Lisa A. Cutter (CO - D)
- Ruby Dickson (CO - D)
- Monica Duran (CO - D)
- Regina English (CO - D)
- Elisabeth Epps (CO - D)
- Thomas 'Tony' Exum Sr. (CO - D)
- Stephen 'Steve' Fenberg (CO - D)
- Meg Froelich (CO - D)
- Lorena Garcia (CO - D)
- Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez (CO - D) (Out Of Office)
- Eliza Hamrick (CO - D)
- Leslie Herod (CO - D)
- Iman Jodeh (CO - D)
- Junie Joseph (CO - D)
- Cathy Kipp (CO - D)
- Christopher 'Chris' Kolker (CO - D)
- Sheila Lieder (CO - D)
- Mandy Lindsay (CO - D)
- William Lindstedt (CO - D)
- Meghan Lukens (CO - D)
- Javier Mabrey (CO - D)
- Janice Marchman (CO - D)
- Matthew Martinez (CO - D)
- Tisha Mauro (CO - D)
- Julie McCluskie (CO - D)
- Karen McCormick (CO - D)
- Barbara Hall McLachlan (CO - D)
- Dominick Moreno (CO - D)
- David Ortiz (CO - D)
- Kevin Priola (CO - D)
- Naquetta Ricks (CO - D)
- Emily Lipp Sirota (CO - D)
- Marc A. Snyder (CO - D)
- Tammy Story (CO - D)
- Brianna Titone (CO - D)
- Alex Valdez (CO - D)
- Elizabeth Velasco (CO - D)
- Stephanie Vigil (CO - D)
- Jenny Willford (CO - D)
- Faith Winter (CO - D)
- Steven Woodrow (CO - D)
- Mary Young (CO - D)
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