News Release
Texas Health and Human Services Commission
Cecile Erwin YoungHHS Executive Commissioner
April 25, 2025
Jennifer Ruffcorn, 512-424-6951
PressOffice@hhs.texas.gov
AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission today released data showing that in November 2024, Texas hospitals incurred $121.8 million in health care costs for persons not lawfully present in the U.S.
Individuals not lawfully present in the U.S. visited Texas hospitals more than 31,000 times within that month, according to the data.
Hospitals throughout the state reported the data to HHSC in accordance with Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order 46. HHSC provided the data to Governor Abbott through a letter available here.