Official:Amending Chapter 6-400 of The Philadelphia Code, to end the unlawful deportation of noncitizen patients by hospitals to the patients’ countries of origin without their consent.
Sponsor: Councilmember Harrity
Introduced: September 28, 2023
Signed: December 14, 2023
: Committee on Public Health and Human Services
Status: Signed into Law, step 4 of 4
This law prohibits Philadelphia hospitals from deporting non-citizen patients without their consent to their country of origin.
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