Montana § 30-14-2602 Balance Billing Information -- Notification To Ambulance Companies

Montana Statutes

§ 30-14-2602 — Balance Billing Information -- Notification To Ambulance Companies

Montana § 30-14-2602

Title 30TRADE AND COMMERCE

Ch. 14UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICES AND CONSUMER PROTECTION

Part 26Credit Report Submission Prohibitions

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Mont. Code Ann. § 30-14-2602 (2026).

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30-14-2602 . Balance billing information -- notification to ambulance companies.

(1)(a) Subject to one of the conditions under subsection (1)(b), an ambulance service licensed in this state may not submit to a consumer reporting agency information intended to affect a patient's credit report because the patient has not made full payment of a bill for ambulance services.

(b)The prohibition under subsection (1)(a) is effective if:

(i)the patient's insurer or health plan has paid for the ambulance services based on the in-network or out-of-network charges outlined in the patient's insurance plan; or

(ii)an uninsured patient has paid toward the bill and filed with the attorney general's office a complaint regarding the bill as being an unfair trade practice because the bill is not based on

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30-14-2602 . Balance billing information -- notification to ambulance companies. (1) (a) Subject to one of the conditions under subsection (1)(b), an ambulance service licensed in this state may not submit to a consumer reporting agency information intended to affect a patient's credit report because the patient has not made full payment of a bill for ambulance services.
(b) The prohibition under subsection (1)(a) is effective if:
(i) the patient's insurer or health plan has paid for the ambulance services based on the in-network or out-of-network charges outlined in the patient's insurance plan; or
(ii) an uninsured patient has paid toward the bill and filed with the attorney general's office a complaint regarding the bill as being an unfair trade practice because the bill is not based on usual and customary charges in the state.
(2) An ambulance service that transfers a bill to a collection agency shall state that the collection agency may not report as delinquent to a consumer reporting agency a bill covered by subsection (1).