Wyoming legislation · 2025 General Session
Wyoming HB195: Credit reporting-medical debt.
Status: Failed, March 3, 2025
AN ACT relating to consumer protection; prohibiting the reporting of medical debt to credit reporting agencies; creating a civil penalty; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
What the bill says
An act relating to consumer protection; prohibiting the reporting of medical debt to credit reporting agencies; creating a civil penalty; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
From the introduced text:
AN ACT relating to consumer protection; prohibiting the reporting of medical debt to credit reporting agencies; creating a civil penalty; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date. Section 1. W.S. 40‐12‐115 is created to medical debt reporting prohibited; definitions. (a) As used in this (ii) "Credit report" means as defined in W.S. 40‐12‐501(a)(iv); (iii) "Credit reporting agency" means a person that collects and sells information about a person's credit history; (iv) "Health care product" means a product including, but not limited to, a good, device, durable medical equipment or prescription drug provided in the provision of health care services; (v) "Health care services" means as defined in W.S. 26‐13‐303(a)(ii); (vi) "Medical debt" means an obligation or alleged obligation of a consumer to pay any amount related to the receipt by the consumer of health care products or health care services. "Medical debt" shall not include debt charged to a credit card unless the credit card is issued under an open‐end or closed‐end credit plan offered specifically for the payment of charges related to health care products or health care services; (vii) "Medical facility" means a hospital, clinic, office, nursing home or other facility where a health care provider provides health care products or services to patients. (b) On and after July 1, 2025, each …
Sponsors
- Andrew, Ocean (R, H46)
- Provenza, Karlee (D, H45) · primary sponsor
- Barlow, Eric (R, S23)
- Hutchings, Lynn (R, S05)
Latest actions
- : H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4
- : H10 - Labor:Do Pass Failed 3-5-1-0-0
- : H No report prior to CoW Cutoff
- : H Introduced and Referred to H10 - Labor
- : H Received for Introduction
- : Bill Number Assigned
Votes
- H05 - Agriculture:Recommend Do Pass 6-3-0-0-0 (February 10, 2025): 6 yea, 3 nay, passed
Subjects: Credit reporting-medical debt.
Common questions
- What is HB195?
- HB195 is a bill in the Wyoming Legislature (2025 General Session): Credit reporting-medical debt.
- What does HB195 do?
- In its own words: An act relating to consumer protection; prohibiting the reporting of medical debt to credit reporting agencies; creating a civil penalty; providing definitions; making conforming amendments; specifying applicability; and providing for an effective date.
- What is the status of HB195?
- Failed as of March 3, 2025. Latest action: H:Died in Committee Returned Bill Pursuant to HR 5-4 (March 3, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB195?
- Provenza, Karlee (D, H45), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB195?
- On the Wyoming Legislature website: https://wyoleg.gov/Legislation/2025/HB0195
Source: official Wyoming record. Tracked by Delilah, AI for legislation across all 50 states and Congress.