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| | 104TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
State of Illinois
2025 and 2026
SB1846 Introduced 2/5/2025, by Sen. Graciela Guzmán SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
| | | 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 Article V of the Code to eligible persons who are United States citizens. Requires lawful permanent residents and other people of all immigration statuses to meet all other eligibility qualifications under the HFS Family Planning Program in order to be eligible for family planning and family planning-related services and supplies under the amendatory Act. Prohibits the Department from requiring eligible lawful permanent residents or other people of all immigration statuses to complete a mandatory waiting period as a condition of receiving family planning and family planning-related services. |
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| | SB1846 | | LRB104 10741 KTG 20820 b |
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| 1 | | AN ACT concerning public aid.
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| 2 | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, |
| 3 | | represented in the General Assembly:
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| 4 | | Section 5. The Illinois Public Aid Code is amended by |
| 5 | | adding Section 12-4.35a as follows:
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| 6 | | (305 ILCS 5/12-4.35a new) |
| 7 | | Sec. 12-4.35a. Family planning services; people of all |
| 8 | | immigration statuses. The Department of Healthcare and Family |
| 9 | | Services shall provide persons lawfully admitted for permanent |
| 10 | | residence under the Immigration and Nationality Act and other |
| 11 | | people of all immigration statuses the same medical coverage |
| 12 | | for family planning and family planning-related services and |
| 13 | | supplies as provided under Article V of this Code to eligible |
| 14 | | persons who are United States citizens. To be eligible for |
| 15 | | family planning and related services under this Section, |
| 16 | | lawful permanent residents or other people of all immigration |
| 17 | | statuses must meet all other eligibility qualifications under |
| 18 | | the HFS Family Planning Program established in accordance with |
| 19 | | Illinois' Family Planning State Plan Amendment as approved by |
| 20 | | the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The |
| 21 | | Department shall not require lawful permanent residents or |
| 22 | | other people of all immigration statuses who are otherwise |
| 23 | | eligible for family planning and related services under this |