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Restores Medical Debt Collection Guidance
Recent Bills/Restores Medical Debt Collection Guidance

Restores Medical Debt Collection Guidance

IntroducedMarch 19, 2026
In Senate5 months ago
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Why This Matters

This resolution reverses the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's 2025 decision to withdraw its guidance on medical debt collection, bringing back the 2024 warning that collectors cannot use false, misleading, or unfair tactics to collect medical bills.

If a collector is chasing you for a medical bill you don't actually owe or one that's been inflated, federal regulators would again have official guidance saying that's illegal under the debt collection law.
Who this affects
People with medical debt · Patients facing billing errors · Debt collection companies
What does this resolution do?
  1. 1In May 2025, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau withdrew its October 2024 guidance on medical debt collection; this resolution cancels that withdrawal, reinstating the guidance.
  2. 2The restored guidance warns collectors that billing patients for medical debts they do not owe, or for inflated amounts, breaks the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act.
  3. 3The guidance does not create a new law; it explains how existing federal debt collection rules apply to medical bills.
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