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AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF INTEREST AND/OR PENALTY CHARGES ON UNPAID HOSPITAL BILLS AND MEDICAL EXPENSES OF PATIENTS WHO EARN MINIMUM WAGE OR LESS
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PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF INTEREST ON UNPAID HOSPITAL BILLS AND MEDICAL EXPENSES OF PATIENTS
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May 15, 2018
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75
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Entitled: AN ACT PROHIBITING THE IMPOSITION OF INTEREST AND/OR PENALTY CHARGES ON UNPAID HOSPITAL BILLS AND MEDICAL EXPENSES OF PATIENTS WHO EARN MINIMUM WAGE OR LESS [ SECOND REGULAR SESSION, 17TH CONGRESS ] [ 2018 ] 5/15/2018 Introduced by Senator AQUILINO KOKO III L. PIMENTEL; 5/21/2018 Read on First Reading and Referred to the Committee(s) on HEALTH AND DEMOGRAPHY; and SOCIAL JUSTICE, WELFARE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT; 7/9/2018 Letter from Senator SHERWIN T. GATCHALIAN dated July 2, 2018, requesting that he be made coauthor of SBN-1801, received by the LBIS; (Pursuant to paragraph g, Sec. 7, Rule V of the Rules of the Senate, SBN-1801 with pertinent documents transmitted to the Archives for safekeeping and preservation on November 18, 2020) (The LEGISLATIVE HISTORY/PLENARY DELIBERATIONS is prepared by the INDEXING, MONITORING AND LIS SECTION, LEGISLATIVE BILLS AND INDEX SERVICE; THE LBIS IS NOT IN CHARGE OF CONDUCTING ANY COMMITTEE MEETINGS OR TWG; The data entry on COMMITTEE MEETINGS/TWG is prepared by the COMMITTEE AFFAIRS BUREAU)