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The Personal Belongings Bill
Delaware blocks hospitals from seizing personal belongings
An Act To Amend Title 6 Of The Delaware Code Relating To The Medical Debt Protection Act
Good for everyday people ·
If passed, hospitals could not take your car or furniture to collect medical bills, and collectors must tell the court who they are.
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This bill protects everyday people from losing their belongings over medical debt and makes debt collectors more transparent, so voters should support it while it’s still being debated.
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The facts
What the bill actually says, no spin.
- Prohibits large health‑care facilities from levying tangible personal property to collect medical debt.
- Requires any party collecting medical debt to disclose in court pleadings whether they are a medical creditor, a debt collector, or neither.
- Keeps the original medical creditor liable for actions taken by a debt buyer or collector they sell the debt to.
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