AN ACT CONCERNING CREDIT CARDS AND HEALTH AND VETERINARY CARE SERVICES.
To (1) provide that no health or veterinary care provider shall (A) advertise, market, solicit, promote or offer a medical credit card to a consumer, (B) receive any financial incentive or compensation in exchange for advertising, marketing, soliciting, promoting or offering a medical credit card to a consumer, (C) assist a consumer in acquiring a medical credit card, or (D) charge a medical credit card for (i) any health care or veterinary service before such service is provided to a patient or animal, or (ii) any ancillary product unless a consumer separately consents to purchase such product, (2) require a health or veterinary care provider to make certain disclosures concerning a medical credit card in response to a consumer's request for financial information concerning a medical credit card, and (3) require a health or veterinary care provider to accept, and provide a full refund for, certain returned ancillary products.
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| Text of Bill | |
| File No. 721 [doc] | |
| File No. 232 [doc] | |
| GL Joint Favorable Substitute [doc] | |
| Raised Bill [doc] |
| Called Amendments | |
| House Schedule A LCO# 4175 (D) [doc] |
| Votes | |
| House Roll Call Vote 92 AS AMENDED |
| Committee Actions | |
| GL Joint Fav. Rpt | |
| GL Vote Tally Sheet (Joint Favorable Substitute) |
| Fiscal Notes | |
| Fiscal Note for Amendment LCO 4175 (No Fiscal Impact) | |
| Fiscal Note For File Copy 721 | |
| Fiscal Note for HB-5127, As Amended by House "A" (LCO 4175) | |
| Fiscal Note For File Copy 232 |
| Bill Analyses | |
| Bill Analysis For File Copy 721 | |
| Bill Analysis for HB-5127, as amended by House "A" | |
| Bill Analysis For File Copy 232 |
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Bill History
| Date | Action Taken | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 4/27/2026 | (LCO) | File Number 721 | |
| 4/27/2026 | Senate Calendar Number 456 | ||
| 4/27/2026 | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, Senate | ||
| 4/23/2026 | House Passed as Amended by House Amendment Schedule A | ||
| 4/23/2026 | House Adopted House Amendment Schedule A 4175 | ||
| 3/30/2026 | (LCO) | File Number 232 | |
| 3/30/2026 | House Calendar Number 188 | ||
| 3/30/2026 | Favorable Report, Tabled for the Calendar, House | ||
| 3/30/2026 | (LCO) | Reported Out of Legislative Commissioners' Office | |
| 3/23/2026 | (LCO) | Referred to Office of Legislative Research and Office of Fiscal Analysis 03/30/26 12:00 PM | |
| 3/12/2026 | (LCO) | Filed with Legislative Commissioners' Office | |
| 3/11/2026 | (GL) | Joint Favorable Substitute | |
| 2/13/2026 | Public Hearing 02/18 | ||
| 2/10/2026 | Referred to Joint Committee on General Law |
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