The Senate passes a bill requiring hospitals to ask if patients are legally in the country.

Lawmakers pass bill requiring hospitals to ask patients' legal status

PHOENIX — State lawmakers voted May 5 to require hospitals to inquire whether patients are here illegally despite concerns that it would deter some people from seeking care.

PHOENIX – State lawmakers voted Monday to require hospitals to ask whether patients are in the country illegally, despite concerns that doing so would discourage some people from seeking medical care.