Illegal Alien Patient Reporting Act

This bill would require hospitals that take part in federal health care programs, such as Medicare and Medicaid, to ask patients about their immigration status on intake forms, or be excluded from those programs. The form must state that the answer will not affect care or be reported to law enforcement unless the patient is an alien suspected of or charged with certain crimes. If a patient says they are a lawful permanent resident, the hospital must ask to see proof. Hospitals would send quarterly reports to the Departments of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security with counts of patients by reported immigration status, without names or other identifying information. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would send Congress a yearly report on these numbers and on the cost of uncompensated care for people not lawfully present in the United States.

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Sponsors

• Chip Roy Republican sponsor
• 4 cosponsors