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Full Text of HB4149  103rd General Assembly

HB4149 103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY

  
  

 


 
103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2023 and 2024
HB4149

 

Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray

 

SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
 
305 ILCS 5/12-4.35a new

    Amends the Administration Article of the Illinois Public Aid Code. Requires the Department of Healthcare and Family Services to provide persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act and other noncitizens the same medical coverage for family planning and family planning-related services and supplies as provided under the Medical Assistance Program to eligible persons who are United States citizens. Provides that to be eligible for family planning and related services, a lawful permanent resident or other noncitizen must meet all other eligibility qualifications under the HFS Family Planning Program established in accordance with the Illinois' Family Planning State Plan Amendment as approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Provides that the Department shall not require lawful permanent residents or other noncitizens who are otherwise eligible for family planning and related services under the amendatory Act to complete a mandatory waiting period as a condition of receiving medical coverage.


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A BILL FOR

 

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1    AN ACT concerning public aid.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by
5adding Section 12-4.35a as follows:
 
6    (305 ILCS 5/12-4.35a new)
7    Sec. 12-4.35a. Family planning services; noncitizens. The
8Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide
9persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the
10Immigration and Nationality Act and other noncitizens the same
11medical coverage for family planning and family
12planning-related services and supplies as provided under
13Article V of this Code to eligible persons who are United
14States citizens. To be eligible for family planning and
15related services under this Section, a lawful permanent
16resident or other noncitizen must meet all other eligibility
17qualifications under the HFS Family Planning Program
18established in accordance with the Illinois' Family Planning
19State Plan Amendment as approved by the federal Centers for
20Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Department shall not
21require lawful permanent residents or other noncitizens who
22are otherwise eligible for family planning and related
23services under this Section to complete a mandatory waiting

 

 

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1period as a condition of receiving medical coverage under this
2Section.