Bill Text: IL SB2152 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may not cover any medical care under the Code for a non-citizen who is not included in one of the categories set forth in the Code except in the case of an emergency. Provides that "emergency" means a need for immediate medical attention resulting from a life-threatening condition or situation or a need for immediate medical attention as otherwise reasonably determined by a physician, a public safety official, or emergency medical personnel. Effective immediately.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2152 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB2152-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB2152 Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Chris Lauzen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
305 ILCS 5/1-11
Amends the Illinois Public Aid Code. Provides that on and after the effective date of the amendatory Act, the Department of Healthcare and Family Services may not cover any medical care under the Code for any non-citizen who is not included in one of the categories set forth in the Code except in the case of an emergency. Provides that "emergency" means a need for immediate medical attention resulting from a life-threatening condition or situation or a need for immediate medical attention as otherwise reasonably determined by a physician, a public safety official, or emergency medical personnel. Effective immediately.
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AN ACT concerning 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

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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;
(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

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(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. Notwithstanding the
preceding sentence or any other provision of this Code, the
Department of Healthcare and Family Services may not cover any
medical care under this Code for a non-citizen who is not
included in one of the categories described in paragraphs (1)
through (13) of this Section except in the case of an
emergency. For purposes of this paragraph, "emergency" means a
need for immediate medical attention resulting from a
life-threatening condition or situation or a need for immediate
medical attention as otherwise reasonably determined by a
physician, a public safety official, or emergency medical

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personnel.
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. 93-342, eff. 7-24-03.)
Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
becoming law.