Colorado moves forward with plan to remove medical debt from credit scores

The Colorado House of Representatives passed a bill that would prohibit consumer reporting agencies from including medical debt in credit reports and require debt collectors to notify Colorado residents that medical debt will no longer be included in their credit score, coloradopolitics.com reported March 1.

More than 700,000 Colorado residents have medical debt. The bill will now go to the Colorado Senate for consideration.

The legislation comes as some Colorado lawmakers are looking to also ban hospital facility fees.

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