# Health - General (GHG)

## Title 24. Miscellaneous Provisions

### Subtitle 25. Health Care Equity for Service Member Community Members

#### Section 24-2501

(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

(b) "Collection entity" means any individual, partnership, corporation, trust, estate, cooperative, association, government or government subdivision, agency, or other entity that purchases medical debt or collects medical debt on behalf of another.

(c) "Medical debt" has the meaning stated in Sec. 14-1213 of the Commercial Law Article.

#### Section 24-2502

(a) A person whose primary business is providing medical services, products, or devices, or the person's agent or assignee:

  (1) May not disclose any portion of a medical debt to a consumer reporting agency; and

  (2) Shall include in any contract entered into with a collection entity for the purchase or collection of medical debt a provision prohibiting the disclosure of any portion of the medical debt to a consumer reporting agency.

(b) A contract entered into on or after October 1, 2025, that does not include the provision required under subsection (a)(2) of this section is void and unenforceable.

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Md. Code Ann., Health-Gen. (as displayed at mgaleg.maryland.gov, October 16, 2026)