,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ijjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,december #ag1       
#bjbj,mr4 ,garca of ,illinois introduced
 the following bill2 which was referred 
to the ,committee on ,energy and        
,commerce1 and in addition to the       
,committee on ,agriculture1 for a period
 to be subsequently determined by the   
,speaker1 in each case for consideration
 of such provisions as fall within the  
jurisdiction of the committee concerned 
,a ,,bill  ,to remove barriers to health
 care and nutrition assistance for      
children1 pregnant persons1 and lawfully
 present individuals1 under the         
,medicaid program under title ,,xix of  
the ,social ,security ,act1 the         
,children's ,health ,insurance ,program 
under title ,,xxi of such ,act1 and     
under the supplemental nutrition        
assistance program under the ,food and  
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh1 and for other 
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,health and         

,nutrition ,access for ,all ,act4  #b4  
,removing barriers to health care and   
nutrition assistance for children1      
pregnant persons1 and lawfully present  
individuals  7a7 ,medicaid ,section     
#aijc7v7 of the ,social ,security ,act  
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acif;b7v77 is amended by
 striking paragraph 7#d7 and inserting  
the following new paragraph3  7#d7 7,a7 
,notwithstanding sections #dja7;a71     
#djb7;b71 #djc1 and #dba of the         
,personal ,responsibility and ,work     
,opportunity ,reconciliation ,act of    
#aiif and paragraph 7#a71 payment shall 
be made to a ,state under this section  
for medical assistance furnished to an  
alien under this title 7including an    
alien described in such paragraph7 who  
meets any of the following conditions3  
7i7 ,the alien is otherwise eligible for
 such assistance under the ,state plan  
approved under this title 7other than   
the requirement of the receipt of aid or
 assistance under title ,,iv1           
supplemental security income benefits   

under title ,,xvi1 or a ,state          
supplementary payment7 within either or 
both of the following eligibility       
categories3 7,i7 ,children under #ba    
years of age1 including any optional    
targeted low-income child 7as such term 
is defined in section                   
#aije7u77#b77;,b774  7,,ii7 ,pregnant   
persons during pregnancy and during the 
#ab-month period beginning on the last  
day of the pregnancy4  7ii7 ,the alien  
is lawfully present in the ,united      
,states4  7,b7 ,no debt shall accrue    
under an affidavit of support against   
any sponsor of an alien who meets the   
conditions specified in subparagraph    
7,a7 on the basis of the provision of   
medical assistance to such alien under  
this paragraph and the cost of such     
assistance shall not be considered as an
 unreimbursed cost4  4  7b7 ,,schip     
,subparagraph 7,n7 of section           
#bajg7;e77#a7 of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acig;gg7e77#a77 is 
amended to read as follows3  7,n7       

,paragraph 7#d7 of section #aijc7v7     
7relating to coverage of categories of  
children1 pregnant persons1 and other   
lawfully present individuals74  4  7c7  
,supplemental nutrition assistance      
,notwithstanding sections #dja7;a71     
#djb7;a71 and #djc7;a7 of the ,personal 
,responsibility and ,work ,opportunity  
,reconciliation ,act of #aiif 7#h       
,u4,s4,c4 #afaa7;a72 #afab7;a72         
#afac7;a77 and section #f7;f7 of the    
,food and ,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g  
,u4,s4,c4 #bjae7;f771 persons who are   
lawfully present in the ,united ,states 
shall not be ineligible for benefits    
under the supplemental nutrition        
assistance program on the basis of their
 immigration status or date of entry    
into the ,united ,states4  7d7          
,eligibility for families with children 
,section #dba7;d77#c7 of the ,personal  
,responsibility and ,work ,opportunity  
,reconciliation ,act of #aiif 7#h       
,u4,s4,c4 #afca7;d77#c77 is amended by  
striking to the extent that a qualified 

alien is eligible under section         
#djb7;a77#b77;,j7 and inserting1 to the 
extent that a child is a member of a    
household under the supplemental        
nutrition assistance program4  7e7      
,ensuring proper screening ,section     
#aa7;e77#b77;,b7 of the ,food and       
,nutrition ,act of #bjjh 7#g ,u4,s4,c4  
#bjbj7;e77#b77;,b77 is amended-- 7#a7 by
 redesignating clauses 7vi7 and 7vii7 as
 clauses 7vii7 and 7viii72 and  7#b7 by 
inserting after clause 7v7 the          
following3  7vi7 shall provide a method 
for implementing section #dba of the    
,personal ,responsibility and ,work     
,opportunity ,reconciliation ,act of    
#aiif 7#h ,u4,s4,c4 #afca7 that does not
 require any unnecessary information    
from persons who may be exempt from that
 provision2  4