2025-2026 Regular Session • Ohio Legislature
HB257: Enact the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act
Legislative Summary
To amend sections 1343.01, 1343.03, 1349.01, 2716.02, 2716.03, and 4712.01 and to enact section 1349.54 of the Revised Code to limit the rate of interest on medical debt, to prohibit reporting medical debt to a consumer reporting agency, and to name this act the Ohio Medical Debt Fairness Act.
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Bill History
5/6/2025
Introduced
House of Representatives
5/7/2025
Referred to committee: Health
House of Representatives
Status Information
Current Status
Introduced(5/6/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives
Committee
Health(House of Representatives)
Sponsors
Democrat: 23
Republican: 5
Primary Sponsor
Michele Grim
Democrat
Co-Sponsors (27)
Jean Schmidt
Republican
Munira Abdullahi
Democrat
Rachel Baker
Democrat
Sean Brennan
Democrat
Juanita Brent
Democrat
Karen Brownlee
Democrat
Christine Cockley
Democrat
Sedrick Denson
Democrat
Derrick Hall
Democrat
Thomas Hall
Republican
Dontavius Jarrells
Democrat
Mark Johnson
Republican
Crystal Lett
Democrat
Lauren McNally
Democrat
Joseph Miller
Democrat
Ismail Mohamed
Democrat
Beryl Piccolantonio
Democrat
Tristan Rader
Democrat
Tracy Richardson
Republican
Monica Robb Blasdel
Republican
Phillip Robinson
Democrat
Allison Russo
Democrat
Mark Sigrist
Democrat
Veronica Sims
Democrat
Anita Somani
Democrat
Eric Synenberg
Democrat
Terrence Upchurch
Democrat