SB 2165: DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS; MEDICAL DEBT; HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS; MEDICAL CREDITORS; DEBT COLLECTION; PROHIBITION

Prohibits a health care provider or medical creditor from filing a civil lawsuit to collect medical debt from a patient whose household income is less than or equal to five hundred percent of the Federal Poverty Level.  Prohibits a health care provider or medical creditor from engaging in certain debt collection practices.  Prohibits a health care provider or medical creditor from selling medical debt.  Prohibits a health care provider whose income exceeds a certain threshold from denying non-emergency medically necessary care to patients.