SB 1222: Medical Debt

GENERAL BILL by Rodriguez

Medical Debt; Defining the terms “medical debt collector” and “medical debt creditor”; prohibiting medical debt creditors and medical debt collectors from engaging in specified activities to collect medical debt; specifying limitations on the amount of interest a debtor may be charged for medical debt; providing that certain debtors may not be charged any interest or late fees on their medical debt, etc.

Current Bill Version Posted: 1/6/2026 02:27 PM

• Senate Committee References (3)

  1. Banking and Insurance (BI)
  2. Health Policy (HP)
  3. Rules (RC)

• Related Bills (1)

  Bill Number Subject Filed By Last Action and Location	Relationship Learn more about bill relationships
  H 1271 by Nixon Medical Debt Last Action: 3/13/2026 H Died in Insurance & Banking Subcommittee	Similar

• Citations - Statute (1)

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  395.3011

  Billing and collection activities.

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• Bill History

  S = Senate, H = House

  1/6/2026	S	• Filed
  1/12/2026	S	• Referred to Health Policy; Banking and Insurance; Rules
  1/13/2026	S	• Introduced
  3/13/2026	S	• Died in Health Policy