Public Act 93-0342

HB3044 Enrolled                      LRB093 09742 DRJ 11966 b

    AN ACT in relation to public aid.

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

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

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

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