Texas and Florida have a long history of challenging the federal government’s immigration policies by passing their own. And their Republican leaders say the hospital laws counter what they see ...

Hospitals in Texas that accept Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) have begun asking patients about their ...

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.

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 ...

On Nov. 1, Texas hospitals that accept Medicaid or Children’s Health Insurance Plan coverage started asking all patients about their immigration status and whether they are lawfully present in ...

Texas governor directs hospitals to ask patients for immigration status 02:35. Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered hospitals in the Lone Star State to ask patients about their ...

Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether they are in the U.S. legally and track the cost of treating people without legal status following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott ...

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 ...

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

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.

Florida hospitals ask immigrants about their legal status, and Texas is looking to try it next For three days, the staff of an Orlando medical clinic encouraged a woman with abdominal pain who ...