Bill Text: IL HB4149 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: 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 noncitizens 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, a lawful permanent resident or other noncitizen 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 noncitizens 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.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 7-0)

Status: (Introduced) 2024-05-02 - Added Co-Sponsor Rep. Elizabeth "Lisa" Hernandez [HB4149 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2023-HB4149-Introduced.html

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103RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2023 and 2024 HB4149 Introduced , by Rep. Anne Stava-Murray 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 noncitizens 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, a lawful permanent resident or other noncitizen 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 noncitizens 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.
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A BILL FOR
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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
adding Section 12-4.35a as follows:
(305 ILCS 5/12-4.35a new)
Sec. 12-4.35a. Family planning services; noncitizens. The
Department of Healthcare and Family Services shall provide
persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence under the
Immigration and Nationality Act and other noncitizens 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, a lawful permanent
resident or other noncitizen 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. The Department shall not
require lawful permanent residents or other noncitizens who
are otherwise eligible for family planning and related
services under this Section to complete a mandatory waiting

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period as a condition of receiving medical coverage under this
Section.