Statute · New York Public Health Law
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4926 — Medical debt reporting prohibited in contracts with collection entities
N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4926
- Type
- Statute
- Source
- New York Public Health Law
- Jurisdiction
- New York
- Current through
- Nov 5, 2026 (NY Senate Open Legislation)
§ 4926. Medical debt reporting prohibited in contracts with collection entities. A hospital licensed under article twenty-eight of this chapter, a health care professional authorized under title eight of the education law, or an ambulance service certified under article thirty of this chapter:
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N.Y. Pub. Health Law § 4926 — Medical debt reporting prohibited in contracts with collection entities is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.
§ 4926. Medical debt reporting prohibited in contracts with collection entities. A hospital licensed under article twenty-eight of this chapter, a health care professional authorized under title eight of the education law, or an ambulance service certified under article thirty of this chapter:
1. shall not furnish any portion of a medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; and
2. shall include a provision in any contract entered into with a collection entity for the purchase or collection of medical debt that prohibits the reporting of any portion of such medical debt to a consumer reporting agency.