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90_HB3446eng
305 ILCS 5/1-11
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that
non-citizens who are admitted as Cuban or Haitian entrants,
who are admitted as Amerasian immigrants, or who have a
pending or approved petition under the Illinois Domestic
Violence Act of 1986 and are otherwise eligible may receive
cash or medical assistance under the Code. Effective July 1,
1998.
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1 AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
2 Section 1-11 and by adding Section 1-12.
3 Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
4 represented in the General Assembly:
5 Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
6 changing Section 1-11 and by adding Section 1-12 as follows:
7 (305 ILCS 5/1-11)
8 Sec. 1-11. Citizenship. To the extent not otherwise
9 provided in this Code or federal law, all clients who receive
10 cash or medical assistance under Article III, IV, V, or VI of
11 this Code must meet the citizenship requirements as
12 established in this Section. To be eligible for assistance an
13 individual, who is otherwise eligible, must be either a
14 United States citizen or included in one of the following
15 categories of non-citizens:
16 (1) United States veterans honorably discharged and
17 persons on active military duty, and the spouse and
18 unmarried dependent children of these persons;
19 (2) Refugees under Section 207 of the Immigration
20 and Nationality Act;
21 (3) Asylees under Section 208 of the Immigration
22 and Nationality Act;
23 (4) Persons for whom deportation has been withheld
24 under Section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality
25 Act;
26 (5) Persons granted conditional entry under Section
27 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as in
28 effect prior to April 1, 1980;
29 (5.1) Persons admitted as Cuban or Haitian
30 entrants;
31 (5.2) Persons admitted as Amerasian immigrants;
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1 (5.3) Certain battered immigrants under Section
2 431(c) of the Personal Responsibility and Work
3 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996;
4 (6) Persons lawfully admitted for permanent
5 residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
6 (7) Parolees, for at least one year, under Section
7 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
8 Those persons who are in the categories set forth in
9 subdivisions 5.3, 6, and 7 of this Section, who enter the
10 United States on or after August 22, 1996, shall not be
11 eligible for 5 years beginning on the date the person entered
12 the United States.
13 The Illinois Department may, by rule, cover prenatal care
14 or emergency medical care for non-citizens who are not
15 otherwise eligible under this Section. Local governmental
16 units which do not receive State funds may impose their own
17 citizenship requirements and are authorized to provide any
18 benefits and impose any citizenship requirements as are
19 allowed under the Personal Responsibility and Work
20 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).
21 (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
22 (305 ILCS 5/1-12 new)
23 Sec. 1-12. Family violence option. The State of
24 Illinois adopts the Family Violence Option of Section
25 402(a)(7) of the Social Security Act.
26 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
27 1, 1998.