Sec. 19a-673d. Cessation of collection efforts upon debtor's eligibility for bed funds or other services.
Sec. 19a-673d. Cessation of collection efforts upon debtor's eligibility for bed
funds or other services. If, at any point in the debt collection process, whether before
or after the entry of judgment, a hospital, a consumer collection agency acting on behalf
of the hospital, an attorney representing the hospital or any employee or agent of the
hospital becomes aware that a debtor from whom the hospital is seeking payment for
services rendered receives information that the debtor is eligible for hospital bed funds,
free or reduced price hospital services, or any other program which would result in the
elimination of liability for the debt or reduction in the amount of such liability, the
hospital, collection agency, attorney, employee or agent shall promptly discontinue
collection efforts and refer the collection file to the hospital for determination of such
eligibility. The collection effort shall not resume until such determination is made.
(P.A. 03-266, S. 6.)