Hospitals in Texas that accept Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) have begun asking patients about their citizenship or immigration status as of this month.

More than 100,000 undocumented people sought medical care in Texas in the first four months that hospitals were required to ask every patient their immigration status — but that represents a small ...

Florida and Texas require hospitals to ask patients about immigration status. Supporters say the new policies illuminate costs of caring for people living in the country illegally, but critics say ...

Texas hospitals who are enrolled in state health plans, Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program will start asking patients' immigration status in November.

An executive order from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott requires hospitals to ask patients their immigration status. Here's how it works.

According to several advocacy groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union, while hospitals are required to ask patients about their citizenship or immigration status, they cannot force ...

Texas governor directs hospitals to ask patients for immigration status Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered hospitals in the Lone Star State to ask patients about their ...

Texas Health and Human Services Commission (TX HHSC) issued guidance to hospitals on how to report the data, but the directive lacks information on how to ask patients about their immigration status.

Most Texas hospitals are now required to ask patients seeking care to reveal their immigration status. The new policy, established by an executive order issued by Gov. Greg Abbottin August, took ...

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.

Texas will begin implementing a law that allows hospitals participating in certain state and federal health plans to ask immigrants what their status is when ...

The Texas Tribune has not received any reports of urgent care clinics asking patients about their citizenship or immigration status. Are all patients being asked this question? Yes.