The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
Title 9 : Commerce and Trade
Chapter 063 : Consumer Protection
Subchapter 001 : GENERAL PROVISIONS
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 2466d)-
§ 2466d. Reporting of medical debt information prohibited
(a) A credit reporting agency shall not report or maintain in the file on a consumer information relating to a medical debt.
(b) As used in this section:
(1) “Health care services” means all supplies, care, and services of a medical, dental, behavioral health, mental health, substance use disorder treatment, surgical, psychiatric, therapeutic, diagnostic, preventative, rehabilitative, or supportive nature, including medication.
(2) “Medical debt” means debt arising from health care services, including dental services, or from health care goods, including products, devices, durable medical equipment, and prescription drugs. “Medical debt” does not include debt arising from services provided by a veterinarian, debt charged to a credit card unless the credit card is issued under an open-end or closed-end credit plan offered solely for the payment of health care services, debt charged to a home equity or general-purpose line of credit, or secured debt. (Added 2025, No. 21, § 4, eff. July 1, 2025.)
