Overview

• The Department of Health and Human Services recently transferred personal data of Medicaid enrollees, including their immigration status, to DHS and ICE.
• The data set covers residents of California, Illinois, Washington state and Washington, D.C., where noncitizens can enroll in state-funded Medicaid programs.
• Senators Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla demanded officials destroy any records used for deportations and provide a full accounting of the transfer by July 9.
• Career Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services officials argued the data-sharing violated federal rules but were overruled by Trump appointees that imposed a 54-minute compliance deadline.
• Colorado’s Medicaid agency is still reviewing a similar federal request and has not decided whether to turn over its enrollee information.