Ways and Means Committee, Energy and Commerce Committee
Introduced
In Committee
On Floor
Passed Chamber
Enacted
This bill mandates that hospitals participating in federal healthcare programs collect and report specific patient immigration status information. Hospitals would be required to include a request for immigration status on all admission or intake forms, assuring patients that their response will not impact care or lead to law enforcement reporting, unless they are suspected of certain criminal offenses. Additionally, hospitals must request documentary evidence from patients claiming lawful permanent residence . Hospitals would be required to submit quarterly reports to the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security, detailing the number of patients by various immigration statuses, including citizens, different categories of lawfully present individuals, and those not lawfully present. Non-compliant hospitals would face exclusion from federal healthcare programs. Annually, the Secretary must report to Congress, aggregating this data and providing information on the costs of uncompensated care for individuals not lawfully present in the U.S. and its impact on hospitals, without requiring patient identifying information.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
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.
Introduced in House
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.
Immigration
Illegal Alien Patient Reporting Act
USA119th CongressHR-9656| House
| Updated: 7/13/2026
This bill mandates that hospitals participating in federal healthcare programs collect and report specific patient immigration status information. Hospitals would be required to include a request for immigration status on all admission or intake forms, assuring patients that their response will not impact care or lead to law enforcement reporting, unless they are suspected of certain criminal offenses. Additionally, hospitals must request documentary evidence from patients claiming lawful permanent residence . Hospitals would be required to submit quarterly reports to the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Homeland Security, detailing the number of patients by various immigration statuses, including citizens, different categories of lawfully present individuals, and those not lawfully present. Non-compliant hospitals would face exclusion from federal healthcare programs. Annually, the Secretary must report to Congress, aggregating this data and providing information on the costs of uncompensated care for individuals not lawfully present in the U.S. and its impact on hospitals, without requiring patient identifying information.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
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.
Introduced in House
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.