1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Strengthening Consumer Protections and Medical Debt Transparency Act . 2. Medical debt collections (a) In general Part C of title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300gg–91 et seq. ) is amended by adding at the end the following: 2796. Medical debt collections (a) Definitions (1) In general In this section: (A) Database The term database means the medical debt collection database established under subsection (e). (B) Debt collector The term debt collector has the meaning as defined under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. (C) Extraordinary collection action The term extraordinary collection action is as defined for purposes of section 501(r) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (as in effect on the date of enactment of this section). (D) Health care entity The term health care entity means an entity defined pursuant to paragraph (2). (E) Medical debt The term medical debt means debt arising from a patient's receipt of medical services, products, or devices. (2) Health care entity For purposes of this section, the Secretary shall develop a definition of the term health care entity that shall include— (A) nonprofit, for-profit, critical access, and cancer hospitals, including hospital-owned facilities; (B) independently licensed outpatient, ambulatory, behavioral, optical, radiology, laboratory, dental, emergency departments, and urgent care centers; (C) physician group practices, with an exemption for small practices, as determined by the Secretary; (D) physician staffing firms or physician services companies; (E) nursing home, skilled nursing and long-term care facilities; (F) any health care agent of an entity described in this paragraph