{"id":935187,"date":"2026-07-14T21:58:22","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/935187\/"},"modified":"2026-07-14T21:58:22","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T21:58:22","slug":"hospitals-must-report-patient-immigration-status-under-new-gop-proposed-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/935187\/","title":{"rendered":"Hospitals Must Report Patient Immigration Status Under New GOP-Proposed Law"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Republican Congressman has introduced a bill which would require <\/a>hospitals to report the immigration status of patients, arguing this would deliver transparency for taxpayers.”<\/p>\n

Texas Representative Chip Roy<\/a>, who has been a strong supporter of pausing all immigration<\/a> into the United States and backed President Donald Trump’s enforcement efforts, said the bill would require hospitals receiving federal health care funding to ask patients for their immigration status.<\/p>\n

It is understood the bill is aimed at recording the cost to the health care system of treating migrants without legal status, and that failure to answer will not mean care is denied.<\/p>\n

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The move comes after some states, including Texas and Florida, have sought information on immigrants receiving health care<\/a> through Medicare and Medicaid programs. Those efforts have seen pushback from immigrant and patient advocacy groups, which argue that anyone, regardless of immigration status, is eligible to receive emergency care.<\/p>\n

“For years, Americans have watched overcrowded emergency rooms, rising health care costs, and strained hospital resources while being kept in the dark about the potential billions of taxpayer dollars spent on health care for those who are in the country illegally,” Roy said in a press release.<\/p>\n

“That lack of accountability is unacceptable and absurd. The Illegal Alien Patient Reporting Act delivers the transparency and accountability Americans deserve by ensuring hospitals report the extent to which illegal aliens are adding to the fiscal burden of our health care system.”<\/p>\n

\"Rep.What The Law Says About Immigrants and Health Care<\/p>\n

Federal law does not generally require hospitals to verify or report a patient’s immigration status before providing treatment.<\/p>\n

The key provision is the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which was enacted in 1986. EMTALA requires Medicare-participating hospitals with emergency departments to:<\/p>\n