Sec. 19a-673d. Cessation of collection efforts upon debtor's eligibility for bed funds or other services. - Connecticut Statutes

      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.)