AZ HB2689

Requires Arizona hospitals accepting state Medicaid payments to include a question on patient admission forms asking whether the patient is a U.S. citizen, lawfully present, or not lawfully present in the United States.

Mandates that admission forms include a statement informing patients their response will not affect their care or result in reporting to immigration authorities.

Hospitals must submit quarterly reports to the Department of Health Services showing the number of admissions and emergency visits categorized by patients' citizenship/immigration status responses or refusals to answer.

The Department must submit an annual report by March 1 to the governor and legislative leadership summarizing statewide data on patient immigration status, uncompensated care costs for undocumented immigrants, and impacts on hospital funding and services.

Patient names and personal identifying information are prohibited from being disclosed to the department in quarterly reports.