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Mass. attorney general offers broad guidance to health care providers on responding to ICE requests
Summary
Ethan Marks, deputy division chief of the Health Care Division at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, told the Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities’ workforce support subcommittee that the office issued health care guidance at the end of January to help providers and patients respond to ICE enforcement and information requests.
Ethan Marks, deputy division chief of the Health Care Division at the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office, told the Permanent Commission on the Status of Persons with Disabilities’ workforce support subcommittee that the office issued health care guidance at the end of January to help providers and patients respond to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) requests.
"This is a guidance that includes information for both health care providers and patients," Marks said, to explain what the document covers and where to find contact information for civil rights complaints.
The guidance, Marks said, was written because providers are concerned about how to respond if ICE conducts enforcement activities at health care facilities or requests information about patients — and because some individuals may be deferring needed care out of fear. It addresses what a provider should do if ICE asks for…
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