Bill > A5947

Introduced Session

This bill establishes the "Public Charge Healthcare Transparency Act." The bill requires State entities which provide government assistance to inquire and record beneficiary's citizenship or immigration status and report the cost of government assistance to illegal aliens. The bill defines "government assistance" to mean monetary or non-monetary benefits, which is to include, but not be limited to, assistance with receiving or paying for: clothing, electronics such as cell phones, tablets, and computers, as well as contracts or subscription plans for the operation thereof; education; food; healthcare; housing; legal advice or representation; public utility services, including electric, gas, garbage, recycling, water, and sewer services; and transportation. "State entity" means a State department, agency, or unit, or a local department, agency, or unit that both receives State funding and provides government assistance to illegal aliens. Under the bill, each State entity which provides government assistance to individuals in this State is to inquire and record the individual's citizenship or immigration status as a condition of participation in the government assistance program. Each State entity is also to require the individual to provide documentation authenticating the individual's citizenship or immigration status as a condition of participation in the government assistance program. The bill provides that each State entity which provides government assistance to individuals in this State is to submit a monthly report to the Department of Health on the citizenship and immigration status of individuals who are recipients of government assistance in this State, and the monthly cost of providing government assistance to illegal aliens. The Department of Health is to make each report publicly available on the department's Internet website. As it pertains to effectuating the bill's provisions, it is to be unlawful for any person to knowingly and willingly make a false statement or representation of a material fact, or to omit a material fact, concerning an individual's citizenship or immigration status. Any person who violates this provision is to be guilty of a crime of the fourth degree.

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Paul Kanitra (R)*, 

Introduced, Referred to Assembly Oversight, Reform and Federal Relations Committee (on 07/24/2025)

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