Posted on 08/14/2024 9:32:40 AM PDT by BradtotheBone
Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order on Thursday that requires hospitals in Texas to collect information on the immigration status of patients so that the hospitals can then track costs incurred for the care of undocumented migrants.
Previous guidance for hospitals did not include questions about immigration status. The executive order would mandate the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to collect this information so that the state of Texas could then bill the federal government.
“Due to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ open border policies, Texas has had to foot the bill for medical costs for individuals illegally in the state,” Governor Abbott said in a statement on Thursday. “Texans should not have to shoulder the burden of financially supporting medical care for illegal immigrants.”
The order requires that hospitals in Texas collect information regarding the costs of medical care provided to undocumented immigrants starting Nov 1, 2024. Direct covered hospitals would have to report data to the state health commission quarterly, beginning in March 2025.
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Well.. my mother was a very cheap person, and took me there for dental and medical appointments.. :/
I have friends who’ve done the same. A few still do 😱
I can see where this would lessen the illegal immigrant’s
use of emergency rooms, knowing they’ll no longer be in
the shadows. This could backfire on Abbot, giving Dems
more ammunition to fast track citizenship status.
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