Testimony on Monday set the stage for an interim committee to find a balance between growing medical debt weighing down Hoosiers and allowing hospitals and other health care providers to collect what’s owed.

Organizations representing Hoosier consumers, as well as those handling collections, came to the Indiana Statehouse to have their say before the Interim Study Committee on Courts and the Judiciary.

The group of legislators, the chief justice and several lay members used Senate Bill 317 as a general guide for discussion, which narrowly died earlier this year. It would have limited some medical liens on a primary residence and wage garnishment.

Sam Snideman, of the United Way of Central Indiana, said Indiana is 11th highest in the country for residents with medical debt in collections

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