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108th Congress > House > Vote 856
Clerk session vote number: 182
Sponsor: ROHRABACHER, Dana (R-CA)
Description: Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments
Bill summary: Undocumented Alien Emergency Medical Assistance Amendments of 2004 - Amends the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to: (1) prohibit Federal reimbursement of hospital-provided emergency and certain transportation services to undocumented aliens unless the hospital provides the Secretary of Homeland Security with information regarding an alien's citizenship, immigration status, financial data, and employer; (2) make the employer of certain undocumented aliens
responsible for such costs; and (3) direct the Secretary to initiate removal procedures against an alien determined to be removable under Federal immigration law.
Directs the Secretary of State to analyze the feasibility of effecting treaties for international medical evacuations.
Bill titles: To amend section 1011 of the Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003 to impose conditions on Federal reimbursement of emergency health services furnished to undocumented aliens.
Links for more info on the vote: congress.gov