Greg Abbott signed an executive order requiring hospitals to collect data on the healthcare costs ... Director Dr. Ivan ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, issued an executive order mandating that public hospitals in the state gather data on patients' immigration statuses to report to the state government.

Greg Abbott has ordered Texas hospitals enrolled in Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program to report ... data were available. The costs are not broken down by citizenship or ...

McALLEN, Texas (Border Report ... that the collection of data is a way for the Lone Star state to, in effect, bill the federal government. Abbott says hospitals must tell patients that ...

Greg Abbott ... immigration status to help the state determine the cost of providing health care to noncitizens. Beginning Nov. 1, Abbott is directing hospitals in Texas to gather data on ...