N.Y. Public Health Law Section 4926
Medical debt reporting prohibited in contracts with collection entities

A hospital licensed under article 28 (Hospitals)article twenty-eight of this chapter, a health care professional authorized under title eight of the education law, or an ambulance service certified under article 30 (Emergency Medical Services)article thirty of this chapter:

1.

shall not furnish any portion of a medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; and

2.

shall include a provision in any contract entered into with a collection entity for the purchase or collection of medical debt that prohibits the reporting of any portion of such medical debt to a consumer reporting agency.

Source: Section 4926 — Medical debt reporting prohibited in contracts with collection entities, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/PBH/4926 (updated Dec. 15, 2023; accessed May 11, 2024).

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Dec. 15, 2023

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