Revised Code of Washington
Wash. Rev. Code § 70.54.470 (2026)
Medical debt—Limits on sale or assignment
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(1) No health care provider or health care facility may sell or assign medical debt to any person licensed under chapter 19.16 RCW until at least one hundred twenty days after the initial billing statement for that medical debt has been transmitted to the patient or other responsible party.
(2) For the purposes of this section:
(a) "Health care facility" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 70.02.010.
(b) "Health care provider" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 70.02.010.
(c) "Medical debt" has the same meaning as provided in RCW 19.16.100.
[ 2019 c 227 s 7.]
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Preston v. SB&C Ltd (W.D. Wash. 2025).
Preston v. SB&C Ltd (W.D. Wash. 2025). “Wash. Rev. Code § 70.54.470 . But that subsection does not 15 tie the sale or assignment of debt to Charity Care compliance, and Preston does not allege that 16 Skagit Valley Hospital’s assignment of her debt to SB&C violated the 120-day waiting period.”
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