HOSPITALS – Adds to existing law to establish provisions regarding patient immigration status data collection.

Summary

The bill adds a new section to the Idaho Code requiring any hospital that accepts Medicaid to ask patients (or their representatives) to indicate whether they are U.S. citizens, lawfully present, or not lawfully present. Hospitals must submit quarterly summaries of these counts to the Department of Health and Welfare, and the department must compile an annual report for state leaders. The measure is intended to track uncompensated care costs linked to immigration status.

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