Bill Text: IL SB2083 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced

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Bill Title: Creates the State Employee Proof of Citizenship Act. Specifies proof of citizenship necessary to begin State employment. Amends the Election Code. Specifies the proof of citizenship necessary to register to vote and requires presentation of identification documents when a person votes. Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall not acquire, contract for, and enter into any commitment to acquire a residential mortgage from a lending institution and shall not make any loan to a lending institution or individual if the residential mortgage is for any individual who is not a citizen or legal resident of the United States. Amends the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act. Provides that to be eligible for the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program, a child must be a citizen of the United States. Effective July 1, 2009.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2009-03-13 - Rule 3-9(a) / Re-referred to Assignments [SB2083 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2009-SB2083-Introduced.html

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96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY State of Illinois 2009 and 2010 SB2083 Introduced 2/20/2009, by Sen. Chris Lauzen SYNOPSIS AS INTRODUCED:
New Act
10 ILCS 5/1A-45 new
20 ILCS 3805/7.24i new
215 ILCS 170/20
Creates the State Employee Proof of Citizenship Act. Specifies proof of citizenship necessary to begin State employment. Amends the Election Code. Specifies the proof of citizenship necessary to register to vote and requires presentation of identification documents when a person votes. Amends the Illinois Housing Development Act. Provides that the Illinois Housing Development Authority shall not acquire, contract for, and enter into any commitment to acquire a residential mortgage from a lending institution and shall not make any loan to a lending institution or individual if the residential mortgage is for any individual who is not a citizen or legal resident of the United States. Amends the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act. Provides that to be eligible for the Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Program, a child must be a citizen of the United States. Effective July 1, 2009.
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AN ACT concerning citizenship.
Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
represented in the General Assembly:
Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the State
Employee Proof of Citizenship Act.
Section 5. Proof of citizenship for State employment. No
person may begin State employment on or after the effective
date of this Act without providing the employing State officer
or agency satisfactory proof of United States citizenship.
Satisfactory proof of citizenship consists of those forms of
proof enumerated in subsection (b) of Section 1A-45 of the
Election Code.
Section 80. The Election Code is amended by adding Section
1A-45 as follows:
(10 ILCS 5/1A-45 new)
Sec. 1A-45. Citizenship.
(a) In addition to the other requirements of this Code,
each voter registration application must include a statement
that the applicant shall submit evidence of United States
citizenship with the application and that the registrar shall
reject the application if no evidence of citizenship is

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attached.
(b) The election authority shall reject any application for
registration that is not accompanied by satisfactory evidence
of United States citizenship. Satisfactory evidence of
citizenship shall include any of the following:
(1) The number of the applicant's driver license or
non-driver identification card issued after October 1,
1996 by the Secretary of State or the equivalent
governmental agency of another state within the United
States if the agency indicates on the applicant's driver
license or non-driver identification card that the person
has provided satisfactory proof of United States
citizenship.
(2) A legible photocopy of the applicant's birth
certificate that verifies citizenship to the satisfaction
of the election authority.
(3) A legible photocopy of pertinent pages of the
applicant's United States passport identifying the
applicant and the applicant's passport number or
presentation to the election authority of the applicant's
United States passport.
(4) A presentation to the election authority of the
applicant's United States naturalization documents or the
number of the certificate of naturalization. If only the
number of the certificate of naturalization is provided,
the applicant shall not be included in the registration

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rolls until the number of the certificate of naturalization
is verified with the United States Immigration and
Naturalization Service by the election authority.
(5) Other documents or methods of proof that are
established pursuant to the Immigration Reform and Control
Act of 1986.
(6) The applicant's Bureau of Indian Affairs card
number, tribal treaty card number, or tribal enrollment
number.
(c) Notwithstanding subsection (b) of this Section, any
person who is registered in this State on the effective date of
this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly is deemed to
have provided satisfactory evidence of citizenship and shall
not be required to resubmit evidence of citizenship unless the
person is changing voter registration from one election
jurisdiction to another.
(d) For the purposes of this Section, proof of voter
registration from another state or election jurisdiction in
this State is not satisfactory evidence of citizenship.
(e) A person who changes address within an election
jurisdiction shall not be required to submit evidence of
citizenship. After citizenship has been demonstrated to the
election authority, the person is not required to resubmit
satisfactory evidence of citizenship in that election
jurisdiction.
(f) After a person has submitted satisfactory evidence of

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citizenship, the election authority shall indicate this
information in the person's permanent voter file. After 2 years
the election authority may destroy all documents that were
submitted as evidence of citizenship.
(g) When requesting a ballot at a polling place or as an
absentee voter, each voter shall present one form of
identification that bears the name, address, and photograph of
the elector or 2 different forms of identification that bear
the name and address of the elector.
Section 85. The Illinois Housing Development Act is amended
by adding Section 7.24i as follows:
(20 ILCS 3805/7.24i new)
Sec. 7.24i. Citizenship or legal residency required.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, the
Authority shall not acquire, contract for, and enter into any
commitment to acquire a residential mortgage from a lending
institution and shall not make any loan to a lending
institution or individual if the residential mortgage is for
any individual who is not a citizen or legal resident of the
United States.
Section 90. The Covering ALL KIDS Health Insurance Act is
amended by changing Section 20 as follows:

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(215 ILCS 170/20)
(Section scheduled to be repealed on July 1, 2011)
Sec. 20. Eligibility.
(a) To be eligible for the Program, a person must be a
child:
(1) who is a citizen of the United States and a
resident of the State of Illinois; and
(2) who is ineligible for medical assistance under the
Illinois Public Aid Code or benefits under the Children's
Health Insurance Program Act; and
(3) either (i) who has been without health insurance
coverage for a period set forth by the Department in rules,
but not less than 6 months during the first month of
operation of the Program, 7 months during the second month
of operation, 8 months during the third month of operation,
9 months during the fourth month of operation, 10 months
during the fifth month of operation, 11 months during the
sixth month of operation, and 12 months thereafter, (ii)
whose parent has lost employment that made available
affordable dependent health insurance coverage, until such
time as affordable employer-sponsored dependent health
insurance coverage is again available for the child as set
forth by the Department in rules, (iii) who is a newborn
whose responsible relative does not have available
affordable private or employer-sponsored health insurance,
or (iv) who, within one year of applying for coverage under

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this Act, lost medical benefits under the Illinois Public
Aid Code or the Children's Health Insurance Program Act.
An entity that provides health insurance coverage (as
defined in Section 2 of the Comprehensive Health Insurance Plan
Act) to Illinois residents shall provide health insurance data
match to the Department of Healthcare and Family Services for
the purpose of determining eligibility for the Program under
this Act.
The Department of Healthcare and Family Services, in
collaboration with the Department of Financial and
Professional Regulation, Division of Insurance, shall adopt
rules governing the exchange of information under this Section.
The rules shall be consistent with all laws relating to the
confidentiality or privacy of personal information or medical
records, including provisions under the Federal Health
Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).
(b) The Department shall monitor the availability and
retention of employer-sponsored dependent health insurance
coverage and shall modify the period described in subdivision
(a)(3) if necessary to promote retention of private or
employer-sponsored health insurance and timely access to
healthcare services, but at no time shall the period described
in subdivision (a)(3) be less than 6 months.
(c) The Department, at its discretion, may take into
account the affordability of dependent health insurance when
determining whether employer-sponsored dependent health

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insurance coverage is available upon reemployment of a child's
parent as provided in subdivision (a)(3).
(d) A child who is determined to be eligible for the
Program shall remain eligible for 12 months, provided that the
child maintains his or her residence in this State, has not yet
attained 19 years of age, and is not excluded under subsection
(e).
(e) A child is not eligible for coverage under the Program
if:
(1) the premium required under Section 40 has not been
timely paid; if the required premiums are not paid, the
liability of the Program shall be limited to benefits
incurred under the Program for the time period for which
premiums have been paid; if the required monthly premium is
not paid, the child is ineligible for re-enrollment for a
minimum period of 3 months; re-enrollment shall be
completed before the next covered medical visit, and the
first month's required premium shall be paid in advance of
the next covered medical visit; or
(2) the child is an inmate of a public institution or
an institution for mental diseases.
(f) The Department shall adopt eligibility rules,
including, but not limited to: rules regarding annual renewals
of eligibility for the Program; rules providing for
re-enrollment, grace periods, notice requirements, and hearing
procedures under subdivision (e)(1) of this Section; and rules

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regarding what constitutes availability and affordability of
private or employer-sponsored health insurance, with
consideration of such factors as the percentage of income
needed to purchase children or family health insurance, the
availability of employer subsidies, and other relevant
factors.
(Source: P.A. 94-693, eff. 7-1-06.)
Section 999. Effective date. This Act takes effect July 1,
2009.