That is exactly where I was going to go. I believe the gentleman is wellintentioned. But you say we shall not prohibit the delivery of emergency services to aliens who are not in lawful immigration status in the United States or educational services required by law to be provided to such aliens. Then you get under the condition that if the emergency or educational services are provided by a program or organization that has a written policy of reporting the presence of such aliens to the Immigration and Naturalization Service. Mr. Chairman. I am reclaiming my time to answer the gentleman because I think this gets at the whole basic problem. Everyone has been saying here on the floor this afternoon that hospitals already have to report any emergency care they provide to illegal aliens. We checked with the American Hospital Association. and that is simply not true. There is no requirement in Federal law today to require anyone who provides emergency health care to immediately become a reporting service to the INS.
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