AHA Amicus Brief in 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for Provider Taxes Case

No. 25-40766

United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit

STATE OF TEXAS; TEXAS HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES COMMISSION,

                                                    Plaintiff-Appellees,
v.

MEHMET OZ, Administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services ;
CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES; ROBERT F.
KENNEDY, JR., Secretary, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services ,
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES;
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,

                                                                      Defendants-Appellants,

On Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Eastern District of Texas

BRIEF OF THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION OF CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS, INC., D/B/A CHILDREN’S
HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL
COLLEGES, AND FEDERATION OF AMERICAN HOSPITALS AS AMICI
CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF PLAINTIFF-APPELLEES AND AFFIRMANCE