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. Velázquez, 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
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.
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))).