Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed an executive order Thursday requiring hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status to help the state determine the cost of providing health care to non… ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an executive order requiring hospitals to collect data on the healthcare costs of undocumented migrants treated in the state. The order will mean that the Texas ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, issued an executive order mandating that public hospitals in the state gather data on patients' immigration statuses to report to the state government. Order ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report) — Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday ordered hospitals that treat undocumented migrants to collect and send future information on their citizenship to ...

Abbott's order provides no clear guidance on how hospitals must ascertain patients' immigration or citizenship status, and his office did not respond to an email seeking additional information.

Beginning Nov. 1, Abbott is directing hospitals in Texas to gather data on “patients who are not lawfully present in the United States,” as well as the number of inpatient discharges and ...

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.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump talks with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott during a visit to the U.S.-Mexico border, Thursday, Feb. 29, 2024, in Eagle Pass, Texas.