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Texas executive order on immigration data collection

The Texas executive order requiring hospitals to collect and report immigration-related data and how it affects patient care and immigration enforcement.

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Jan 20, 2026

How have state laws that classify immigration status as sensitive health data affected hospital intake and reporting practices since 2024?

Since late 2024 states including Texas and Florida began requiring hospitals that receive Medicaid or CHIP funding to collect and report patients’ immigration status, producing immediate changes to in...

Jan 20, 2026

Which specific U.S. states currently require hospitals to collect or report patients' immigration status and what do those statutes say?

Two states — Texas and Florida — currently require hospitals to collect patients’ immigration status and to report aggregated data on care provided to people not lawfully present, under an executive o...