Del. Code tit. 6 § 2507J

Current through 2024 Legislative Session Act Chapter 531
Section 2507J - Medical debt and consumer reporting agencies
(a) For a period of 1 year following the date when the consumer was first given a bill for medical debt or 3 months following the date of the most recent payment made towards a payment plan on medical debt, whichever is later, no medical creditor or medical debt collector may communicate with or report any information to any consumer reporting agency regarding such medical debt.
(b) After the time period described in subsection (a) of this section, medical creditors and medical debt collectors must give consumers at least one additional bill before reporting a medical debt to any consumer reporting agency. The amount reported to the consumer reporting agency must be the same as the amount stated in this bill, and such bill must state that the debt is being reported to a consumer reporting agency. Medical debt collectors must also provide the notice required by 15 U.S.C. § 1692g before reporting a debt to a consumer reporting agency.

6 Del. C. § 2507J

Added by Laws 2023 , ch. 198, s 1, eff. 3/11/2024.