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90_HB3447

      305 ILCS 5/1-11
      305 ILCS 5/12-4.34
          Amends the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.   Provides  that
      non-citizens  who are otherwise eligible, are protected under
      the  Illinois  Domestic  Violence  Act  of  1986,  and   meet
      specified criteria relating to federal immigration status are
      eligible  to  receive  cash  or  medical assistance under the
      Code. Provides that  the  Department  of  Human  Services  is
      authorized  to provide nutrition services to non-citizens who
      are protected under the Illinois  Domestic  Violence  Act  of
      1986   and   meet  specified  criteria  relating  to  federal
      immigration status.  Effective July 1, 1998.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by  changing
 2    Sections 1-11 and 12-4.34.
 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 Sections 1-11 and 12-4.34 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             (6)  Persons   lawfully   admitted   for   permanent
30        residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
31             (7)  Parolees,  for at least one year, under Section
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 1        212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
 2             (8)  Persons who are protected by an  order  entered
 3        under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986 and have
 4        been approved or have a petition pending which sets forth
 5        a prima facie case for:
 6                  (i)  status  as  a  spouse or child of a United
 7             States  citizen  under  Section  204(a)(1)  of   the
 8             Immigration and Nationality Act;
 9                  (ii)   classification   as  a  person  lawfully
10             admitted   for   permanent   residence   under   the
11             Immigration and Nationality Act; or
12                  (iii) suspension of deportation and  adjustment
13             of status under Section 244(a)(3) of the Immigration
14             and Nationality Act.
15             The  amount of income and assets of the sponsor of a
16        person described in this subdivision (8) deemed available
17        to the  person  shall  not  exceed  the  amount  actually
18        provided  if the person's sponsor is his or her abuser or
19        a member of his or her abuser's household.
20        Those persons who are in  the  categories  set  forth  in
21    subdivisions  6  and  7 of this Section, who enter the United
22    States on or after August 22, 1996, shall not be eligible for
23    5 years beginning on the date the person entered  the  United
24    States.
25        The Illinois Department may, by rule, cover prenatal care
26    or  emergency  medical  care  for  non-citizens  who  are not
27    otherwise eligible under  this  Section.  Local  governmental
28    units  which  do not receive State funds may impose their own
29    citizenship requirements and are authorized  to  provide  any
30    benefits  and  impose  any  citizenship  requirements  as are
31    allowed  under   the   Personal   Responsibility   and   Work
32    Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).
33    (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
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 1        (305 ILCS 5/12-4.34)
 2        (Section scheduled to be repealed on August 31, 1998)
 3        Sec.  12-4.34.   Naturalization and nutrition services to
 4    noncitizens.
 5        (a)  Subject to specific appropriation for this  purpose,
 6    the  Department  of  Human  Services is authorized to provide
 7    naturalization services to legal immigrants.
 8        (b)  Subject to specific appropriation for this  purpose,
 9    the  Department  of  Human  Services is authorized to provide
10    nutrition services to noncitizens who are 65 years of age  or
11    older,  under  18  years of age, or disabled, and who were in
12    the United States prior  to  August  22,  1996  and  are  not
13    eligible  for  the  federal  food  stamp program due to their
14    noncitizen  status.  The  Department  of  Human  Services  is
15    further authorized to provide nutrition services  to  persons
16    who  are  protected  by  an  order entered under the Illinois
17    Domestic Violence Act of 1986 and have been approved or  have
18    a  petition  pending  which sets forth a prima facie case for
19    status as a spouse or child of a United States citizen  under
20    Section  204(a)(1)  of  the  Immigration and Nationality Act,
21    classification as a person lawfully  admitted  for  permanent
22    residence  under  the  Immigration  and  Nationality  Act, or
23    suspension of deportation  and  adjustment  of  status  under
24    Section  244(a)(3)  of  the  Immigration and Nationality Act.
25    The payment levels and other eligibility conditions for these
26    services shall be determined by rule.
27        The  Illinois  Department  is  authorized  to  lower  the
28    payment levels established under this subsection or take such
29    other actions during the fiscal  year  as  are  necessary  to
30    ensure  that payments under this subsection do not exceed the
31    amounts appropriated for this purpose.  These changes may  be
32    accomplished  by  emergency  rule  under  Section 5-45 of the
33    Illinois  Administrative  Procedure  Act,  except  that   the
34    limitation  on  the  number  of  emergency  rules that may be
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 1    adopted in a 24-month period shall not apply.
 2        (c)  This Section is repealed on August 31, 1998.
 3    (Source: P.A. 90-564, eff. 12-22-97.)
 4        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
 5    1, 1998.

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