Texas Moves to Yank Licenses From Hospitals Caught Selling Discounted Births to Foreign Nationals

Executive Briefing

• Directs six state agencies to investigate and take enforcement action against birth tourism operations in Texas healthcare
• Authorizes license revocations, suspensions, and bans from state contracts for providers facilitating birth tourism schemes
• Permits agencies to share information and coordinate with federal prosecutors on potential law violations
• Targets follow reports of a South Texas hospital advertising discounted birth services to foreign nationals on a billboard
• Encourages public tips to the HHSC Office of Inspector General and U.S. Department of Justice