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Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a law last year directing hospitals that accept Medicaid to ask patients about their immigration status.
Immigrant rights groups feared the law would scare migrants away from seeking urgent medical attention.
Florida 's Emergency Medical Assistance program for undocumented immigrants has seen a 54 percent drop in expenditures billed to Medicaid this year .
DCF has made 99,000 authorizations as of April 30, two months before the end of fiscal 2024 .
Medicaid expenditures are the first look at medical bills generated by undocumented immigrants that are covered by taxpayers.
Of the $67 million spent so far this year , $28 million came from state dollars.
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