Bill Text: IL SB2028 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2028 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB2028-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB2028 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. Effective immediately.
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FISCAL NOTE ACT MAY APPLY
A BILL FOR
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AN ACT concerning regulation.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 5. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is
amended by adding Section 22 as follows:
(215 ILCS 170/22 new)
Sec. 22. Citizenship.
(a) To the extent not otherwise provided in this Act or
federal law, all individuals who receive benefits under this
Act must meet the citizenship requirements as established in
this Section. To be eligible for benefits, 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.

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(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.
(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.
(13) Persons who are a spouse, widow, or child of a

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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.
(b) Those persons who are in the categories set forth in
paragraphs (6) and (7) of subsection (a), 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.
(c) The Department may, by rule, cover prenatal care or
emergency medical care for non-citizens who are not otherwise
eligible under this Section.
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.