Arizona state Sen. Wendy Rogers (R-LD7) has reintroduced legislation that would require hospitals to ask patients about their immigration status during medical intake, according to reporting from Arizona Family and state legislative records.
The proposal, filed for the 2026 legislative session after a similar measure last year, would obligate hospitals to include a question on patient intake forms asking whether a patient is legally present in the United States. Rogers has framed the requirement as a way for state officials to better understand health care costs associated with undocumented residents.
In a statement posted on her official X account, Rogers wrote that “taxpayers should know where our dollars are going, especially in light of rampant fraud,” in reference to use of government resources — an apparent reference to health care spending.
In a post to X on Dec. 31, Rogers explained, “Taxpayers should know where our dollars are going, especially in light of rampant fraud being discovered across our country,” citing recently reported allegations of widespread fraud uncovered by journalist Nick Shirley in Minnesota. Shirley called the explosive allegations “Potentially the largest fraud scandal in U.S. history.”
Under the revived bill, the information would not affect the provision of medical care and would not be shared with federal immigration enforcement agencies such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) or Border Patrol, according to Arizona Family.
Rogers has introduced similar legislation in previous legislative sessions. In 2025, Senate Bill 1268 would have required hospitals that receive Medicaid funding to record patients’ citizenship or immigration status and to report the aggregated data to the Arizona Department of Health Services.
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