To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to require hospitals participating in Federal health care programs to report certain information related to immigration status.
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Latest Action · July 13, 2026
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
The Illegal Alien Patient Reporting Act would require all hospitals that participate in federal health care programs to ask patients about their immigration status on admission forms and report aggregate data on patient immigration status to the federal government every three months. Hospitals would be prohibited from reporting individual patient information to law enforcement unless the patient is suspected of or charged with a crime, and they must inform patients that answering the question will not affect their care. The law would exclude hospitals from all federal health care programs if they fail to comply with these requirements. Additionally, hospitals would need to request documentary evidence from patients claiming to be lawful permanent residents. The Secretary of Health and Human Services would be required to submit annual reports to Congress summarizing the immigration status data collected and information about uncompensated care costs for undocumented immigrants.
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