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Citizenship Verification in Emergency Healthcare Act

10/16/2024, 11:08 PM

Summary of Bill S 5248

The "Citizenship Verification in Emergency Healthcare Act" (S. 5248) was introduced in the 118th session of Congress on September 25, 2024. The bill aims to establish requirements for verifying the citizenship status of individuals seeking emergency healthcare services. The key provisions likely involve setting guidelines for healthcare providers to verify patients' citizenship status during emergency treatment. For more detailed information, the official PDF version of the bill can be accessed at https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/s5248/BILLS-118s5248is.pdf.

Current Status of Bill S 5248

Bill S 5248 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since September 25, 2024. Bill S 5248 was introduced during Congress 118 and was introduced to the Senate on September 25, 2024.  Bill S 5248's most recent activity was Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. as of September 25, 2024

Bipartisan Support of Bill S 5248

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
0
Republican Sponsors
1
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
2
Democrat Cosponsors
0
Republican Cosponsors
2
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill S 5248

Primary Policy Focus

Alternate Title(s) of Bill S 5248

Citizenship Verification in Emergency Healthcare Act
Citizenship Verification in Emergency Healthcare Act
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.

Comments

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Ian Rubin

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1 year ago

This bill is so dumb, like why do they even bother with this crap? It's just gonna make things more complicated for everyone. I don't even know what it's supposed to do or how it's gonna work. They need to focus on real issues instead of wasting time on this nonsense. Ugh, politics is such a joke.