96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2028


 
Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Carole Pankau
 
SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 		













215 ILCS 170/22 new










    Amends the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance  Act. Provides that to be eligible for benefits under the Act, an individual who is otherwise eligible must be
either a United
States citizen or included in one of certain specified categories of
non-citizens. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may, by rule, cover prenatal care or emergency
medical care for non-citizens who are not otherwise eligible under these provisions. Effective immediately.
















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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
















 


 


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    AN ACT concerning regulation.

 
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    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
 
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represented in the General Assembly:


 
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    Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance  Act is 
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amended  by adding Section 22 as follows:
 
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    (215 ILCS 170/22  new)
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    Sec. 22. Citizenship.
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    (a) To the extent not otherwise provided in this Act
or 
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federal law, all individuals who receive benefits under this 
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Act must meet the citizenship requirements as established in 
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this Section.
To be eligible for benefits, an individual who is 
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otherwise eligible must be
either a United
States citizen or 
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included in one of the following categories of
non-citizens:
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        (1) United States veterans honorably discharged and 
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    persons on active
military duty, and the spouse and 
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    unmarried dependent children of these
persons.
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        (2) Refugees under Section 207 of the Immigration and 
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    Nationality Act.
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        (3) Asylees under Section 208 of the Immigration and 
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    Nationality Act.
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        (4) Persons for whom deportation has been withheld 
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    under Section
243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality 
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    Act.
 


 






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        (5) Persons granted conditional entry under Section 
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    203(a)(7) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act as in 
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    effect prior to April 1, 1980.
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        (6) Persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence 
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    under the
Immigration and Nationality Act.
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        (7) Parolees, for at least one year, under Section 
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    212(d)(5) of the
Immigration and Nationality Act.
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        (8) Nationals of Cuba or Haiti admitted on or after 
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    April 21, 1980.
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        (9) Amerasians from Vietnam, and their close family 
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    members, admitted
through the Orderly Departure Program 
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    beginning on March 20, 1988.
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        (10) Persons identified by the federal Office of 
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    Refugee Resettlement
(ORR) as victims of trafficking.
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        (11) Persons legally residing in the United States who 
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    were members of a
Hmong or Highland Laotian tribe when the 
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    tribe helped United States personnel
by taking part in a 
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    military or rescue operation during the Vietnam era

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    (between
August 5, 1965 and May 7, 1975); this also 
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    includes the person's spouse, a
widow
or widower who has 
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    not remarried, and unmarried dependent children.
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        (12) American Indians born in Canada under Section 289 
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    of the
Immigration and Nationality Act and members of an 
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    Indian tribe as defined in
Section 4e of the Indian 
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    Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
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        (13) Persons who are a spouse, widow, or child of a 
 


 






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    U.S. citizen or a
spouse or child of a legal permanent 
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    resident (LPR) who have been battered or
subjected to 
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    extreme cruelty by the U.S. citizen or LPR or a member of 
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    that
relative's family who lived with them, who no longer 
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    live with the abuser or
plan
to live separately within one 
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    month of receipt of assistance and whose need for

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    assistance is due, at least in part, to the abuse. 
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    (b) Those persons who are in the categories set forth in 
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paragraphs (6) and (7)
of subsection (a), who enter the United 
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States on or
after August 22,
1996, shall not be eligible for 5 
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years beginning on the date the person
entered the United 
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States.
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    (c) The Department may, by rule, cover prenatal care or 
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emergency
medical care for non-citizens who are not otherwise 
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eligible under this
Section.
 

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    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon 
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becoming law.