Greg Abbott ... their immigration status to help the state determine the cost of providing healthcare to noncitizens. Beginning Nov. 1, Abbott is directing hospitals in Texas to gather data ...

Greg Abbott directed hospitals to start collecting data on patients’ immigration status ... Hospitals are required to report the data to HHSC each quarter, and the first set of data was due ...

Preliminary data shows that “tens of thousands” of patients who were not “lawfully” in the United States were treated by Texas hospitals ... Abbott’s order into a regular annual report ...