Bill Requires Patients to Prove Citizenship Status

Updated: Friday, 11 Feb 2011, 3:34 PM MST
Published : Friday, 11 Feb 2011, 3:33 PM MST

PHOENIX - A bill that would force hospitals to check a patient's citizenship status is working its way through the Senate.

SB 1405 requires patients to prove they are citizens before they receive non-emergency care.

If they can't prove it, the hospital would have to call immigration officials.

Hospitals would also have to call immigration officials on patients who receive emergency care once they're treated and stabilized.

The bills sponsors are State Senators Biggs, Griffin, Klein, Melvin, R. Pearce and Shooter.

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