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Workers will prepare to meet ice officials at the door of the health clinic
A Trump administration policy change allows federal immigration agents to make arrests at or near sensitive locations, including health care facilities. To respond, some health care providers are making efforts to provide legal training to their employees. In a memo to health care providers, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown advises health workers that they do not need to record a patient's immigration status unless it relates to insurance coverage and that they should ask for credentials if someone claiming to be an ice officer shows up. He also said providers should not interfere with an investigation. KFF Health News reporting Jackie Fortiér joined March 19...
Workers will prepare to meet ice officials at the door of the health clinic
A Trump administration policy change allows federal immigration agents to make arrests at or near sensitive locations, including health care facilities. To respond, some health care providers are making efforts to provide legal training to their employees.
In a memo to health care providers, Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown advises health workers that they do not need to record a patient's immigration status unless it relates to insurance coverage and that they should ask for credentials if someone claiming to be an ice officer shows up. He also said providers should not interfere with an investigation.
KFF Health News reporting Jackie Fortiér appeared on Wamu's "Health Hub" on March 19. The segment included voices from Nicole Lamoureux, president of the National Association of Free and Charitable Clinics, and Matt Lopas, director of advocacy for the National Immigration Law Center.
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