{"id":10029,"date":"2016-07-21T09:49:51","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T16:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/?page_id=10029"},"modified":"2024-03-14T14:51:34","modified_gmt":"2024-03-14T21:51:34","slug":"medical-assistance-various-states","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/issues\/health-care\/medical-assistance-various-states\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Assistance Programs for Immigrants in Various States"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\">[vc_row el_class=&#8221;holder&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1444345515294{margin-top: -90px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;0px&#8221;][vc_column_text]\n<h1 style=\"font-size: 19pt;\"><em>TABLE<\/em><br \/>\nMedical Assistance Programs for Immigrants in Various States<\/h1>\n<span class=\"su-frame su-frame-align-right su-frame-style-default\"><span class=\"su-frame-inner\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/med-services-for-imms-in-states-2024-03-.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/PDF-40px.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"50\" height=\"47\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><strong>Last revised March 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Federally funded Medicaid and CHIP (Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program) is available to otherwise-eligible \u201cqualified\u201d immigrants who entered the U.S. before August 22, 1996, and those who have held a \u201cqualified\u201d status for five years or longer. Refugees and other \u201chumanitarian\u201d immigrants, veterans, active duty military and their spouses and children, and certain other immigrants can get Medicaid or CHIP without a five-year waiting period.<\/p>\n<p>The table downloadable by clicking on the PDF icon above\u00a0describes state policies for providing health coverage to <em>additional<\/em> groups of immigrants, under federal options to cover lawfully residing children and pregnant women, regardless of their date of entry into the U.S., or to provide prenatal care to women regardless of immigration status, using CHIP funds. It also de\u00adscribes immigrant coverage under programs using exclusively state funds.<\/p>\n<p>The information in this table is subject to change. Please check with your state or local health care agency or legal assistance office regarding the most current rules. If you have updated information, please contact Tanya Broder, National Immigration Law Center, <a href=\"mailto:broder@nilc.org\">broder@nilc.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Download the table by clicking on the PDF icon, above.<\/em>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;1\/4&#8243; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1446077129866{margin-top: -15px !important;}&#8221;][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=&#8221;sidebar-1&#8243;][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_class=&#8221;holder&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1444345515294{margin-top: -90px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=&#8221;3\/4&#8243;][vc_empty_space height=&#8221;0px&#8221;][vc_column_text] TABLE Medical Assistance Programs for Immigrants in Various States Last revised March 2024 Federally funded Medicaid and CHIP (Children\u2019s Health Insurance Program) is available to otherwise-eligible \u201cqualified\u201d immigrants who entered the U.S. before August 22, 1996, and those who have held a \u201cqualified\u201d status for five years or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":504,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10029"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10029"}],"version-history":[{"count":35,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10029\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":37827,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10029\/revisions\/37827"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nilc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}