Hospitals would ask patients about their citizenship status and track costs for non-citizens.
This bill would require hospitals to ask patients if they are U.S. citizens on intake forms. It would also make hospitals report how many non-citizens they treat and the cost of care not paid for by these patients. This information would then be made public by the government each year.
Today, hospitals do not have to ask patients about their citizenship status or report on care provided to non-citizens. If this bill passes, hospitals would be required to ask patients about their citizenship status on intake forms and submit annual reports on non-citizen patients and any unpaid care costs. The government would then make this information public each year.
HR 6801 · 119th Congress · December 17, 2025 · AI Summary by gemini-2.5-flash · 9/10
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