Texas Gov. Abbott orders hospitals to track patients' immigration status

Two years after the CHIPS Act, the push to train thousands of workers intensifies                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 10 Aug | [Read Online]( Keeping Up With America [Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered hospitals to collect data](on patients' immigration status and report costs of treating undocumented immigrants. Starting November 1 in Texas [President Biden signed the CHIPS Act in 2022, allocating $53 billion to boost the semiconductor industry.]( Programs like Purdue's STARS are training students, like Robert Zhang, for semiconductor jobs, supported by industry sponsors, without direct CHIPS funding. 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