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1 AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 600
2 AMENDMENT NO. . Amend Senate Bill 600 by replacing
3 the title with the following:
4 "AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by changing
5 Section 1-11."; and
6 by replacing everything after the enacting clause with the
7 following:
8 "Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
9 changing Section 1-11 as follows:
10 (305 ILCS 5/1-11)
11 Sec. 1-11. Citizenship. To the extent not otherwise
12 provided in this Code or federal law, all clients who receive
13 cash or medical assistance under Article III, IV, V, or VI of
14 this Code must meet the citizenship requirements as
15 established in this Section. To be eligible for assistance an
16 individual, who is otherwise eligible, must be either a
17 United States citizen or included in one of the following
18 categories of non-citizens:
19 (1) United States veterans honorably discharged and
20 persons on active military duty, and the spouse and
21 unmarried dependent children of these persons;
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1 (2) Refugees under Section 207 of the Immigration
2 and Nationality Act;
3 (3) Asylees under Section 208 of the Immigration
4 and Nationality Act;
5 (4) Persons for whom deportation has been withheld
6 under Section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality
7 Act;
8 (5) Persons granted conditional entry under Section
9 203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as in
10 effect prior to April 1, 1980;
11 (6) Persons lawfully admitted for permanent
12 residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
13 (7) Parolees, for at least one year, under Section
14 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
15 Those persons who are in the categories set forth in
16 subdivisions 6 and 7 of this Section, who enter the United
17 States on or after August 22, 1996, shall not be eligible for
18 5 years beginning on the date the person entered the United
19 States, except that the Department may choose to immediately
20 serve those persons age 18 and under who are in the category
21 set forth in subdivision (6) and are otherwise eligible for
22 assistance under Article V of this Code.
23 The Illinois Department may, by rule, cover prenatal care
24 or emergency medical care for non-citizens who are not
25 otherwise eligible under this Section. Local governmental
26 units which do not receive State funds may impose their own
27 citizenship requirements and are authorized to provide any
28 benefits and impose any citizenship requirements as are
29 allowed under the Personal Responsibility and Work
30 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).
31 (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)".