Illinois General Assembly - Full Text of HB3279

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104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
HB3279

Introduced 2/18/2025, by Rep. Anna Moeller

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 people of all immigration statuses 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, lawful permanent residents or other people of all immigration statuses 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 people of all immigration statuses 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.

A BILL FOR

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 adding Section 12-4.35a as follows:

(305 ILCS 5/12-4.35a new)

Sec. 12-4.35a. Family planning services; people of all immigration statuses. The Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act and other people of all immigration statuses the same medical coverage for family planning and family planning-related services and supplies as provided under Article V of this Code to eligible persons who are United States citizens. To be eligible for family planning and related services under this Section, lawful permanent residents or other people of all immigration statuses must meet all other eligibility qualifications under the HFS Family Planning Program established in accordance with Illinois' Family Planning State Plan Amendment as approved by the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The Department shall not require lawful permanent residents or other people of all immigration statuses who are otherwise eligible for family planning and related services under this Section to complete a mandatory waiting period as a condition of receiving medical coverage under this Section.