Intermountain Health Care, Inc. v. Board of Commissioners

HUNTLEY, Justice.

By this appeal we are asked to determine whether a United States born child of illegal alien parents may be denied coverage for medical care pursuant to the Idaho medical indigency statutes, I.C. §§ 31-3501 et seq.

Karen Regalado was born in Blaine County, Idaho. At birth she had numerous medical problems for which she was first treated at Magic Valley Memorial Hospital in Twin Falls, Idaho, then sent to Primary Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. While hospitalized at Primary, Karen incurred charges of $135,877.54.

Mario and Celia Regalado, Karen’s parents,…