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Among others, Hobbs rejects bill backed by Rogers requiring hospitals to ask of citizenship status

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Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs talks before a ribbon-cutting for the new state veteran Home in Flagstaff in this 2024 file photo.

PHOENIX -- Patients showing up at Arizona hospitals won't be asked if they are in this country legally.

In one of 48 new vetoes Monday and Tuesday, Gov. Katie Hobbs rejected a proposal by Sen. Wendy Rogers to require hospitals that accept Medicaid -- a program funded in part with federal dollars -- to inquire about a patient's immigration status.





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