Bill Limits Hospital Information About Immigration
(Salem, OR) -- A bill is headed to Oregon's Governor to protect hospital patients from immigration enforcement. The bill prohibits hospitals from sharing immigration status with federal agents, unless they have a court order. The bill also requires hospitals to treat immigration-related information the same way they treat protected health information. Hospitals also need to identify nonpublic areas. And the bill protects health care workers who provide patients with information about their legal rights.



