Texas to begin gathering noncitizen treatment data from hospitals statewide
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Governor Greg Abbott's Executive Order 46 goes into effect on November 1 and requires all public hospitals in Texas to ask their patients if they are U.S. citizens.
Gov. Abbott's release on Executive Order 46 specifies that while patients must be asked if they are a U.S. citizen, "any response to such questions will not affect patient care.""[Gov. Abbott] made it clear we still need to treat them if it's an emergency situation. So this is not designed in any way to say that that should influence whether you treat the patient or not," said Love to FOX 4 Dallas.1 in 6 Texans do not have health insurance, according to the Texas Hospital Association. Abbott plans on sending the compiled and reported data straight to the federal government in the hopes of achieving reimbursement. Jasmine is a writer at Fox News Digital and a military spouse based in New Orleans. Stories can be sent to jasmine.baehr@fox.com
"Due to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’ open border policies, Texas has had to foot the bill for medical costs for individuals illegally in the state," said Governor Abbott in an August release. "Texans should not have to shoulder the burden of financially supporting medical care for illegal immigrants.""Texas will hold the Biden-Harris Administration accountable for the consequences of their open border policies, and we will fight to ensure that they pay back Texas for their costly and dangerous policies," added Abbott.
According to a May release, under Abbott's Operation Lone Star, over 510,600 illegal immigrant apprehensions have occurred in Texas since the program's inception in 2021.The most recent estimated number of southwest border apprehensions under the Biden-Harris administration, according to the House Committee on Homeland Security, is around 8.72 million.The office of Governor Greg Abbott did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment.
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