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90_SB1417
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.
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 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 entrants;
30 (5.2) Persons admitted as Amerasian immigrants;
31 (5.3) Persons with a pending or approved petition
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1 under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986;
2 (6) Persons lawfully admitted for permanent
3 residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
4 (7) Parolees, for at least one year, under Section
5 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
6 Those persons who are in the categories set forth in
7 subdivisions 5.3, 6, and 7 of this Section, who enter the
8 United States on or after August 22, 1996, shall not be
9 eligible for 5 years beginning on the date the person entered
10 the United States.
11 The Illinois Department may, by rule, cover prenatal care
12 or emergency medical care for non-citizens who are not
13 otherwise eligible under this Section. Local governmental
14 units which do not receive State funds may impose their own
15 citizenship requirements and are authorized to provide any
16 benefits and impose any citizenship requirements as are
17 allowed under the Personal Responsibility and Work
18 Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).
19 (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
20 Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect July
21 1, 1998.