96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2009 and 2010
SB2007

 

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. Provides that nothing in these provisions affects the eligibility status of a child enrolled in the program on the effective date of the amendatory Act. Effective immediately.


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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY

 

 

A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is
5amended by adding Section 22 as follows:
 
6    (215 ILCS 170/22 new)
7    Sec. 22. Citizenship.
8    (a) To the extent not otherwise provided in this Act or
9federal law, all individuals who receive benefits under this
10Act must meet the citizenship requirements as established in
11this Section. To be eligible for benefits, an individual who is
12otherwise eligible must be either a United States citizen or
13included in one of the following categories of non-citizens:
14        (1) United States veterans honorably discharged and
15    persons on active military duty, and the spouse and
16    unmarried dependent children of these persons.
17        (2) Refugees under Section 207 of the Immigration and
18    Nationality Act.
19        (3) Asylees under Section 208 of the Immigration and
20    Nationality Act.
21        (4) Persons for whom deportation has been withheld
22    under Section 243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality
23    Act.

 

 

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1        (5) Persons granted conditional entry under Section
2    203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act as in
3    effect prior to April 1, 1980.
4        (6) Persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence
5    under the Immigration and Nationality Act.
6        (7) Parolees, for at least one year, under Section
7    212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
8        (8) Nationals of Cuba or Haiti admitted on or after
9    April 21, 1980.
10        (9) Amerasians from Vietnam, and their close family
11    members, admitted through the Orderly Departure Program
12    beginning on March 20, 1988.
13        (10) Persons identified by the federal Office of
14    Refugee Resettlement (ORR) as victims of trafficking.
15        (11) Persons legally residing in the United States who
16    were members of a Hmong or Highland Laotian tribe when the
17    tribe helped United States personnel by taking part in a
18    military or rescue operation during the Vietnam era
19    (between August 5, 1965 and May 7, 1975); this also
20    includes the person's spouse, a widow or widower who has
21    not remarried, and unmarried dependent children.
22        (12) American Indians born in Canada under Section 289
23    of the Immigration and Nationality Act and members of an
24    Indian tribe as defined in Section 4e of the Indian
25    Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
26        (13) Persons who are a spouse, widow, or child of a

 

 

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1    U.S. citizen or a spouse or child of a legal permanent
2    resident (LPR) who have been battered or subjected to
3    extreme cruelty by the U.S. citizen or LPR or a member of
4    that relative's family who lived with them, who no longer
5    live with the abuser or plan to live separately within one
6    month of receipt of assistance and whose need for
7    assistance is due, at least in part, to the abuse.
8    (b) Those persons who are in the categories set forth in
9paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (a), who enter the United
10States on or after August 22, 1996, shall not be eligible for 5
11years beginning on the date the person entered the United
12States.
13    (c) The Department may, by rule, cover prenatal care or
14emergency medical care for non-citizens who are not otherwise
15eligible under this Section.
16    (d) Nothing in this Section shall affect the eligibility
17status of a child who is enrolled in the Covering ALL KIDS
18Health Insurance Program on the effective date of this
19amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly.
 
20    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
21becoming law.