,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fdea  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,april #c1 #bjbj,mr4 
,neguse introduced the following bill2  
which was referred to the ,committee on 
,financial ,services  ,a ,,bill  ,to    
amend the ,fair ,credit ,reporting ,act 
to prohibit debt from medically         
necessary procedures related to         
,,covid-#ai from being included on      
credit reports1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,fair ,coronavirus ,credit      
,reporting ,act of #bjbj4  #b4          
,prohibition on reporting medically     
necessary procedures related to the     
novel coronavirus disease 7,,covid-#ai7 
outbreak  7a7 ,in general ,section      
#fje7;a7 of the ,fair ,credit ,reporting
 ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #afha;c7a77 is     
amended by adding at the end the        
following new paragraph3  7#i7 ,any     
information related to a debt arising   
from a medically necessary procedure    
related to the novel coronavirus disease

 7,,covid-#ai7 outbreak4  4  7b7        
,medically necessary procedure defined  
,section #fjc of the ,fair ,credit      
,reporting ,act 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #afha;a7 
is amended by adding at the end the     
following3  7bb7 ,medically necessary   
procedure ,the term medically necessary 
procedure means health care services    
needed to prevent1 diagnose1 or treat   
,,covid-#ai or its symptoms and that    
meet accepted standards of medicine4  4