2023-2024 Regular SessionUS Congress Legislature

SB5248: Citizenship Verification in Emergency Healthcare Act

Legislative Summary

A bill to require hospitals participating in Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Program to inquire whether a patient is a citizen or national of the United States, or in a satisfactory immigration status, as part of the patient admission and registration process, and for other purposes.

Bill History

9/25/2024
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Senate

Status Information

Current Status
Introduced(9/25/2024)
Chamber
Senate
Committee
Finance(Senate)

Sponsors

Republican: 3

Primary Sponsor

Mike Lee
Mike Lee
Republican

Documents

Introduced
Bill Text10/16/2024229.9 KB