Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order requiring hospitals to collect data on the healthcare costs of undocumented migrants treated in the state.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order Thursday requiring hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status and report the data to the state.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, issued an executive order mandating that public hospitals in the state gather data on patients' immigration statuses to report to the state government.

Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered Texas hospitals enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program to report the costs they incur for treating undocumented immigrants.

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered hospitals in the Lone Star State to ask patients about their immigration status in order to ascertain the costs of providing medical care to ...

Abbott's order provides no clear guidance on how hospitals must ascertain patients' immigration or citizenship status, and his office did not respond to an email seeking additional information.

Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered hospitals that treat undocumented migrants to collect and send future information on their citizenship to the state.

The executive order from the Texas governor will require hospitals to track the cost of care for undocumented migrants, in order for the state to push for federal reimbursement.

The order signed by the Texas governor is the latest string of stand-offs between Abbott and the Biden-Harris administration over matters concerning immigration policy and border security.