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 1        AN ACT in relation to public aid.

 2        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 3    represented in the General Assembly:

 4        Section 5.  The Illinois Public Aid Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Section 1-11 as follows:

 6        (305 ILCS 5/1-11)
 7        Sec.  1-11.  Citizenship.   To  the  extent not otherwise
 8    provided in this Code or federal law, all clients who receive
 9    cash or medical assistance under Article III, IV, V, or VI of
10    this  Code  must  meet  the   citizenship   requirements   as
11    established in this Section. To be eligible for assistance an
12    individual,  who  is  otherwise  eligible,  must  be either a
13    United States citizen or included in  one  of  the  following
14    categories of non-citizens:
15             (1)  United States veterans honorably discharged and
16        persons  on  active  military  duty,  and  the spouse and
17        unmarried dependent children of these persons;
18             (2)  Refugees under Section 207 of  the  Immigration
19        and Nationality Act;
20             (3)  Asylees  under  Section  208 of the Immigration
21        and Nationality Act;
22             (4)  Persons for whom deportation has been  withheld
23        under  Section  243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality
24        Act;
25             (5)  Persons granted conditional entry under Section
26        203(a)(7) of the Immigration and Nationality  Act  as  in
27        effect prior to April 1, 1980;
28             (6)  Persons   lawfully   admitted   for   permanent
29        residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
30             (7)  Parolees,  for at least one year, under Section
31        212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act;.
 
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 1             (8)  Nationals of Cuba or Haiti admitted on or after
 2        April 21, 1980;
 3             (9)  Amerasians from Vietnam, and their close family
 4        members, admitted through the Orderly  Departure  Program
 5        beginning on March 20, 1988;
 6             (10)  Persons  identified  by  the federal Office of
 7        Refugee Resettlement (ORR) as victims of trafficking;
 8             (11)  Persons legally residing in the United  States
 9        who  were  members  of  a Hmong or Highland Laotian tribe
10        when the tribe helped United States personnel  by  taking
11        part in a military or rescue operation during the Vietnam
12        era  (between  August 5, 1965 and May 7, 1975); this also
13        includes the person's spouse, a widow or widower who  has
14        not remarried, and unmarried dependent children;
15             (12)  American  Indians born in Canada under Section
16        289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act and members of
17        an Indian tribe as defined in Section 4e  of  the  Indian
18        Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; and
19             (13)  Persons who are a spouse, widow, or child of a
20        U.S.  citizen  or  a spouse or child of a legal permanent
21        resident (LPR) who have been  battered  or  subjected  to
22        extreme cruelty by the U.S. citizen or LPR or a member of
23        that relative's family who lived with them, who no longer
24        live  with  the  abuser or plan to live separately within
25        one month of receipt of assistance  and  whose  need  for
26        assistance is due, at least in part, to the abuse.
27        Those  persons  who  are  in  the categories set forth in
28    subdivisions 6 and 7 of this Section, who  enter  the  United
29    States on or after August 22, 1996, shall not be eligible for
30    5  years  beginning on the date the person entered the United
31    States.
32        The Illinois Department may, by rule, cover prenatal care
33    or emergency  medical  care  for  non-citizens  who  are  not
34    otherwise  eligible  under  this  Section. Local governmental
 
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 1    units which do not receive State funds may impose  their  own
 2    citizenship  requirements  and  are authorized to provide any
 3    benefits and  impose  any  citizenship  requirements  as  are
 4    allowed   under   the   Personal   Responsibility   and  Work
 5    Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).
 6    (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)

 7        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
 8    becoming law.