We, the citizens and residents of various counties of North Carolina, do hereby petition our state legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly to sponsor and pass the "North Carolina Medical Protection Act".

Under current North Carolina law, hospitals and other medical institutions have the right to seize and/or place judgments against the primary residences of patients who have hospital and medical debt that is not covered by insurance and that the patient is unable to pay.

This current policy interferes with our citizens' basic housing needs which should be protected by the laws of our state. The purpose of the "Medical Protection Act" is exclusively to protect the primary residence of North Carolina citizens who have outstanding medical debt against any hospital, physician, group practice, or medical provider of any type seeking to settle the debt by pursuing a legal judgment against the patient's primary residence.

We, the undersigned citizens and residents of North Carolina, take the position that a hospital, medical practitioner, group practice or medical provider of any type should not be able to seize or place a lien against the primary residence of a patient debtor by means of settling medical debt.

We do hereby petition our legislators in the North Carolina General Assembly to sponsor and adopt the "North Carolina Medical Protection Act" in an effort to protect the primary residence of ALL of our citizens.