LINE Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5319 Introduced in House (IH)]

<DOC>






119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 5319

  To prohibit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the 
 Department of Health and Human Services from disclosing Medicaid data 
  for law enforcement purposes related to immigration, and for other 
                               purposes.


_______________________________________________________________________


                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 11, 2025

Ms. Kamlager-Dove (for herself, Mr. Espaillat, Mr. Johnson of Georgia, 
Mr. Cohen, Ms. Norton, Ms. Crockett, Ms. Tlaib, Ms. Sewell, Mr. Carson, 
 Mr. Vargas, Ms. Garcia of Texas, Ms. Simon, Mr. Lieu, Ms. Ansari, Ms. 
    Rivas, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Goldman of New York, and Ms. Jacobs) 
 introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on 
 Financial Services, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and 
 Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the 
  Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall 
           within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned

_______________________________________________________________________

                                 A BILL


 
  To prohibit the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the 
 Department of Health and Human Services from disclosing Medicaid data 
  for law enforcement purposes related to immigration, and for other 
                               purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Limiting ICE's Nationwide 
Encroachment Act'' or the ``LINE Act''.

SEC. 2. PROHIBITION ON DISCLOSING MEDICAID DATA.

    Notwithstanding section 552a of title 5, United States Code, the 
Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Department of Health 
and Human Services may not disclose the individually identifiable 
health information (as defined in section 1171(6) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1320d(6)) of an individual that is obtained in 
relation to such individual's enrollment under a State plan (or waiver 
of such plan) under title XIX of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1396 et seq.) to 
any person, including U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, for the 
purpose of enforcing the immigration laws (as such term is defined in 
section 101 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. 1101))).
                                 <all>