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Bill would restrict immigration enforcement access to hospitals; committee advances measure to Appropriations
Summary
Sen. Arguin’s SB 81 would codify attorney-general model policies limiting immigration enforcement access to patients and nonpublic areas of health facilities absent a judicial warrant; the Assembly subcommittee gave the bill a due-pass to Appropriations, 11-3.
Senator Arguin presented SB 81, a bill to codify model policies limiting immigration-enforcement access to hospitals and other health-care facilities.
Arguin said SB 81 would bar disclosure of a patient’s citizenship status to federal immigration authorities absent a valid judicial warrant, require facilities to adopt protocols for handling immigration enforcement, and restrict access to nonpublic areas without a warrant.
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