HB 34

Abstract

Contract actions; medical debt. Provides that in any action, including those brought by the Commonwealth, upon any contract to collect medical debt, as defined in the bill, such an action is barred if not commenced within three years from the due date applicable to the first invoice for a health care service unless the contract with a hospital or health care provider is for a payment plan that allows for a longer period of time for the collection of debt by the hospital or health care provider. The bill specifies that such limitation shall not apply to medical debt arising from services provided by programs administered by the Department of Medical Assistance Services.

Contract actions; medical debt. Provides that in any action, including those brought by the Commonwealth, upon any contract to collect medical debt, as defined in the bill, such an action is barred if not commenced within three years from the due date applicable to the final invoice for a health care service unless the contract with a hospital or health care provider is for a payment plan that allows for a longer period of time for the collection of debt by the hospital or health care provider.

Statute of limitations; medical debt. Providesthat the statute of limitations for an action on any contract, writtenor unwritten, to collect medical debt, including actions broughtby the Commonwealth, is three years from the original date of a healthcare service unless the contract with a hospital or health care provideris for a payment plan that allows for a longer period of time forthe collection of debt by the hospital or health care provider.