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 1        AN ACT in relation to public aid.

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

 4        Section  5.  The  Illinois  Public Aid Code is amended by
 5    changing Section 1-11 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/1-11)
 7        Sec. 1-11.  Citizenship.  To  the  extent  not  otherwise
 8    provided in this Code or federal law, all clients who receive
 9    cash or medical assistance under Article III, IV, V, or VI of
10    this   Code   must   meet  the  citizenship  requirements  as
11    established in this Section. To be eligible for assistance an
12    individual, who is  otherwise  eligible,  must  be  either  a
13    United  States  citizen  or  included in one of the following
14    categories of non-citizens:
15             (1)  United States veterans honorably discharged and
16        persons on active  military  duty,  and  the  spouse  and
17        unmarried dependent children of these persons;
18             (2)  Refugees  under  Section 207 of the Immigration
19        and Nationality Act;
20             (3)  Asylees under Section 208  of  the  Immigration
21        and Nationality Act;
22             (4)  Persons  for whom deportation has been withheld
23        under Section 243(h) of the Immigration  and  Nationality
24        Act;
25             (5)  Persons granted conditional entry under Section
26        203(a)(7)  of  the  Immigration and Nationality Act as in
27        effect prior to April 1, 1980;
28             (6)  Persons   lawfully   admitted   for   permanent
29        residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
30             (7)  Parolees, for at least one year, under  Section
31        212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;.
 
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 1             (8)  Nationals of Cuba or Haiti admitted on or after
 2        April 21, 1980;
 3             (9)  Amerasians from Vietnam, and their close family
 4        members,  admitted  through the Orderly Departure Program
 5        beginning on March 20, 1988;
 6             (10)  Persons identified by the  federal  Office  of
 7        Refugee Resettlement (ORR) as victims of trafficking;
 8             (11)  Persons  legally residing in the United States
 9        who were members of a Hmong  or  Highland  Laotian  tribe
10        when  the  tribe helped United States personnel by taking
11        part in a military or rescue operation during the Vietnam
12        era (between August 5, 1965 and May 7, 1975);  this  also
13        includes  the person's spouse, a widow or widower who has
14        not remarried, and unmarried dependent children;
15             (12)  American Indians born in Canada under  Section
16        289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and members of
17        an  Indian  tribe  as defined in Section 4e of the Indian
18        Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; and
19             (13)  Persons who are a spouse, widow, or child of a
20        U.S. citizen or a spouse or child of  a  legal  permanent
21        resident  (LPR)  who  have  been battered or subjected to
22        extreme cruelty by the U.S. citizen or LPR or a member of
23        that relative's family who lived with them, who no longer
24        live with the abuser or plan to  live  separately  within
25        one  month  of  receipt  of assistance and whose need for
26        assistance is due, at least in part, to the abuse.
27        Those persons who are in  the  categories  set  forth  in
28    subdivisions  6  and  7 of this Section, who enter the United
29    States on or after August 22, 1996, shall not be eligible for
30    5 years beginning on the date the person entered  the  United
31    States.
32        The Illinois Department may, by rule, cover prenatal care
33    or  emergency  medical  care  for  non-citizens  who  are not
34    otherwise eligible under  this  Section.  Local  governmental
 
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 1    units  which  do not receive State funds may impose their own
 2    citizenship requirements and are authorized  to  provide  any
 3    benefits  and  impose  any  citizenship  requirements  as are
 4    allowed  under   the   Personal   Responsibility   and   Work
 5    Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).
 6    (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)

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