HB1242: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning property.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 7:44 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Introduced House Bill (H)
• Current Chamber: house
• Origin Chamber: house
• Description: Prohibition on lien for medical debt.

Legislators

Actions (2 total)

• Jan 9, 2025, 12:25 PM: First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions
• Jan 9, 2025, 12:25 PM: Authored by Representative Summers

Digest

Provides that: (1) any amount of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer; or (2) in an action against a consumer in which a judgment has been entered, any amount of the judgment that represents health care debt determined to be owed by the consumer; does not constitute a lien against the consumer's principal residence. Provides that in any action filed, in a court of competent jurisdiction in Indiana, for the recovery of health care debt owed or alleged to be owed by a consumer, the principal residence of the consumer is not liable to judgment or attachment or to be sold on execution against the consumer.