The Illinois Senate has unanimously passed a measure that would prevent consumer reporting agencies from including medical debt in credit reports. State Senator Steve Stadelman emphasized the importance of not burdening individuals with medical debt when they unexpectedly fall ill or suffer an injury. The bill will now be considered by the House.
SPRINGFIELD — The Illinois Senate has approved a measure that would bar consumer reporting agencies from including a person’s medical debt in their credit reports .
The Senate passed the measure in a bipartisan 58-0 vote on Thursday, and it now heads to the House for consideration. “This legislation, I want to stress, does not mean consumers don’t have to pay that medical debt and their medical bills,” Stadelman said. “I just believe medical debt is different than other debt. It’s spontaneous.”
Gov. J.B. Pritzker separately has proposed erasing as much as $1 billion in medical debt for more than 300,000 Illinois families as part of his latest state budget plan for the fiscal year beginning July 1. An earlier initiative in Cook County was on track to wipe out medical bills for around 73,000 residents as of last year. It was targeted at lower income residents and those who had medical debt that was 5% or more of their household income.
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