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Rights and protections for residents of certain long-term care settings modified, rights and protections for clients receiving home care services and clients receiving home and community-based services modified, arbitration provisions prohibited, notices required, civil actions authorized, and money appropriated.
Expands protections for long-term care residents and HCBS clients, bans arbitration, requires notices, and authorizes civil actions with funding to enforce the changes.
Definition of debt buyer modified, Undue Medical Debt grant funding provided, reports required, and money appropriated.
Modifies the debt buyer definition, provides Undue Medical Debt grants, and requires reporting to boost transparency and support patients facing undue medical debt.