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90_SB1417

      305 ILCS 5/1-11
          Amends the  Illinois  Public  Aid  Code.   Provides  that
      non-citizens  who  are admitted as Cuban or Haitian entrants,
      who are admitted as  Amerasian  immigrants,  or  who  have  a
      pending  or  approved  petition  under  the Illinois Domestic
      Violence Act of 1986 and are otherwise eligible  may  receive
      cash  or medical assistance under the Code. Effective July 1,
      1998.
                                                     LRB9011487SMdv
                                               LRB9011487SMdv
 1        AN ACT to amend the Illinois Public Aid Code by  changing
 2    Section 1-11.
 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 Section 1-11 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             (5.1) Persons admitted as Cuban or Haitian entrants;
30             (5.2) Persons admitted as Amerasian immigrants;
31             (5.3)  Persons  with  a pending or approved petition
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 1        under the Illinois Domestic Violence Act of 1986;
 2             (6)  Persons   lawfully   admitted   for   permanent
 3        residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act; and
 4             (7)  Parolees, for at least one year, under  Section
 5        212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act.
 6        Those  persons  who  are  in  the categories set forth in
 7    subdivisions 5.3, 6, and 7 of this  Section,  who  enter  the
 8    United  States  on  or  after  August  22, 1996, shall not be
 9    eligible for 5 years beginning on the date the person entered
10    the United States.
11        The Illinois Department may, by rule, cover prenatal care
12    or emergency  medical  care  for  non-citizens  who  are  not
13    otherwise  eligible  under  this  Section. Local governmental
14    units which do not receive State funds may impose  their  own
15    citizenship  requirements  and  are authorized to provide any
16    benefits and  impose  any  citizenship  requirements  as  are
17    allowed   under   the   Personal   Responsibility   and  Work
18    Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193).
19    (Source: P.A. 90-17, eff. 7-1-97.)
20        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  July
21    1, 1998.

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