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Board moves to challenge federal plan to share Medicaid enrollee data with immigration authorities
Summary
Supervisors unanimously directed county counsel on July 29 to explore legal challenges and other remedies after reports that federal agencies might receive Medicaid enrollment files containing personal data for millions of enrollees.
Los Angeles County supervisors on July 29 directed county counsel to explore all legal remedies after federal reporting indicated Medicaid eligibility information for millions of enrollees could be made available to immigration enforcement.
Motion and rationale Supervisor Hilda Solis introduced the motion and asked county counsel, in consultation with departments including health services, mental health and social services, to examine whether the county should initiate or join litigation or other legal efforts in response to a reported Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services agreement to provide certain Medicaid eligibility files to the…
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