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NRS 649.367

Collection of medical debt: Conditions for acceptance of voluntary payment from medical debtor during notification period; protections for medical debtor who initiates contact with or makes voluntary payment to collection agency during notification period

(Added to NRS by 2021, 1669)

1. Nothing in NRS 649.366 shall prohibit a collection agency from accepting a voluntary payment from a medical debtor during the 60-day notification period specified in subsection 1 of NRS 649.366 provided that:

(a) The medical debtor initiates the contact with the collection agency; and

(b) The collection agency discloses to the medical debtor that:

(1) A payment is not demanded or due; and

(2) The medical debt will not be reported to any credit reporting agency during the 60-day notification period specified in subsection 1 of NRS 649.366.

2. No action by a medical debtor to initiate contact with a collection agency may be construed to allow the collection agency to take action to collect the medical debt before the expiration of the 60-day notification period specified in subsection 1 of NRS 649.366.

3. Any voluntary payment toward a medical debt that is made by a medical debtor to a collection agency in accordance with this section:

(a) Does not extend the applicable statute of limitations;

(b) Is not an admission of liability; and

(c) Shall not be construed as a waiver of any defense to the collection of the medical debt.

Official source: Nevada Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nevada statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.