A00165
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
78
Session of
2023
INTRODUCED BY VENKAT, BULLOCK, KHAN, KOSIEROWSKI, PISCIOTTANO,
SCHLOSSBERG, SIEGEL, RABB, KINSEY, MADDEN, PROBST, SANCHEZ,
PARKER, HILL-EVANS, N. NELSON, DELLOSO, WARREN, ABNEY,
T. DAVIS, SMITH-WADE-EL, BIZZARRO, FLEMING, INNAMORATO,
MALAGARI, KINKEAD, McNEILL, GUENST, GREEN, HADDOCK, SOLOMON,
BOROWSKI, SHUSTERMAN, FIEDLER, FRIEL, SALISBURY, ZABEL,
MADSEN, KENYATTA, STURLA, MARKOSEK, KAZEEM, CONKLIN AND
STEELE, MARCH 7, 2023
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH, MARCH 7, 2023
AN ACT
Establishing the Medical Debt Relief Program; imposing duties on
the Department of Health; and making an appropriation.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Short title.
This act shall be known and may be cited as the Medical Debt
Relief Act.
Section 2. Definitions.
The following words and phrases when used in this act shall
have the meanings given to them in this section unless the
context clearly indicates otherwise:
"Bad debt expense." The cost of care for which a health care
provider expected payment from the patient or a third-party
payor, but which the health care provider subsequently
determines to be uncollectible.
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