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Stotler Hayes Group, LLC

Should Medical Debt Be Excluded from Credit Reports? The CFPB Thinks So

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (“CFPB”) is poised to take medical debt off the table for creditors when evaluating a consumer’s eligibility for credit. As it is currently enacted, Regulation V of the Fair Credit...more

Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP

CFPB bans medical debt in credit reporting decisions

On June 11, the CFPB released a proposed rule to ban obtaining or using medical information for credit eligibility determinations. Specifically, the proposed rule would amend the FCRA to remove the medical financial...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

CFPB Proposes Rule to Transform Credit Reporting Practices on Medical Debt

On June 11, the CFPB announced a proposed rule amending Regulation V, which implements the Fair Credit Reporting Act, to alter the treatment of medical debts in credit reporting. The rule proposes to remove medical bills from...more

Cooley LLP

CFPB Proposes Rule Removing Medical Bills From Credit Reports

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On June 11, 2024, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) issued a proposed rule that would generally prohibit lenders from considering medical debt information when determining a consumer’s eligibility for credit,...more

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California Attorney General Sponsors Bill Banning Credit Reporting of Medical Debt

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On April 2, the California Senate Judicial Committee passed Senate Bill 1061. The bill seeks to prevent health care providers and contracted collection agencies from providing information about patients’ medical debt to...more

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2023 Year in Review: Credit Reporting

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Welcome to the Credit Reporting chapter of our annual report Consumer Financial Services 2023 Year in Review. Looking Ahead to 2024 - The CFPB’s announcement of a proposed rulemaking to remove medical bills from...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

CFPB enters into consent order with third-party collector of medical debts to resolve alleged FCRA and FDCPA violations

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The CFPB announced last week that it has entered into a consent order with Commonwealth Financial Systems, Inc. (Commonwealth), a third-party debt collection company that collects past-due medical debts and furnishes...more

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Troutman Pepper Weekly Consumer Financial Services Newsletter - October 2023 #2

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To keep you informed of recent activities, below are several of the most significant federal and state events that have influenced the Consumer Financial Services industry over the past week...more

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CFPB Releases FCRA Rulemaking Outline Topics

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The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is currently considering a rulemaking to address various consumer reporting topics under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) and has released an Outline of Proposals and...more

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The CFPB Proposal to Remove Medical Debt from Credit Report

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​​​​​​​The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is moving forward with a rulemaking proposal to change the process of reporting medical debt on consumer credit reports. Specifically, the rulemaking proposal the Bureau...more

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Keeping Up With the Bureau Episode 3: Evolving Federal and State Requirements for Furnishers and Users of Consumer Reports - The...

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Please join Consumer Financial Services Partner Ethan Ostroff and his guests and colleagues Alan Wingfield, Chris Capurso, and Derek Schwahn in the third episode of a special four-part series on recent developments with the...more

Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLC

All Consuming - Student Loans, Medical Debt, FTC, Payment Systems, and Credit Reporting, Volume 3, Issue 7

A New Student Loan Company is Now Taking Over the Accounts of Public Servants Seeking Debt Cancellation "This also comes as borrowers have 4 months left to apply for extended student-loan relief." Why this is important:...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

The CFPB’s New Focus on Medical Debt Collection

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Medical service providers who engage in medical billing, debt collection, and credit reporting are the focus of new regulations and regulatory enforcement efforts. Civil litigation is sure to follow. Under the direction of...more

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Congress Considers Amendment to the FCRA to Exclude Paid Medical Debts from Credit Reports

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On March 11, U.S. Representative Patrick McHenry (R-NC) reintroduced a bill to amend the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA). H.R. 1645, the Protecting Consumer Access to Credit Act, would remove from a consumer’s credit report...more

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Maine federal district court rules FCRA preempts 2019 amendments to state’s credit reporting law

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A Maine federal district court ruled that that two 2019 amendments to Maine’s credit reporting law are preempted by the federal Fair Credit Reporting Act and granted the motion for judgment filed by the plaintiff, the...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

New York Attorney General and Credit Bureaus Reach Deal Affecting Furnishers of Information to Credit Bureaus

The New York Attorney General announced a settlement with credit bureaus Equifax, Experian and TransUnion regarding credit reporting policies and practices, including methods of addressing inaccuracies identified by...more

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