Medical Debt Relief Act of 2025
Sponsored By: Representative Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
Introduced
Summary
Would remove medical debt from consumer credit reports and bar its use in lending decisions. It defines “medical debt” as obligations tied to medical services, products, or devices and directs the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to issue a rule within one year to stop creditors from obtaining or using that information.
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- Families and consumers: Medical bills would no longer be listed as adverse information on consumer reports and could not be used to deny or limit credit, which aims to reduce credit penalties tied to health care costs.
- Creditors and lenders: Creditors would be prohibited from obtaining or using medical debt data when deciding whether to extend credit, using the bill’s definitions of “credit” and “creditor.”
- Regulators: The CFPB must amend 12 C.F.R. § 1022.30 (or a successor rule) within 1 year to implement the ban. The text includes no dedicated funding, sunset, or phase-in provision.
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Ban medical debt in credit checks
If enacted, your medical debt would not appear as negative info on credit reports. Lenders would not be allowed to get or use medical-debt details when deciding to give you credit. “Medical debt” would include debts from medical services, products, or devices. The change would take effect at enactment, and the consumer watchdog would have 1 year to update its rules. This could help people with medical debt get fairer access to loans and credit cards.
Sponsors & CoSponsors
Sponsor
Williams, Nikema [D-GA-5]
GA • D
Cosponsors
Rep. Correa, J. Luis [D-CA-46]
CA • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Krishnamoorthi, Raja [D-IL-8]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]
PA • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Kennedy (NY)
NY • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. García, Jesús G. "Chuy" [D-IL-4]
IL • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Thompson (MS)
MS • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2]
WI • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Mullin
CA • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Thanedar, Shri [D-MI-13]
MI • D
Sponsored 7/29/2025
Rep. Tlaib, Rashida [D-MI-12]
MI • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Jackson (IL)
IL • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Ocasio-Cortez
NY • D
Sponsored 8/8/2025
Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
CT • D
Sponsored 8/29/2025
Rep. Latimer, George [D-NY-16]
NY • D
Sponsored 9/19/2025
Rep. Magaziner, Seth [D-RI-2]
RI • D
Sponsored 11/7/2025
Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12]
NY • D
Sponsored 11/18/2025
Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
PA • D
Sponsored 3/4/2026
Roll Call Votes
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