Sec. 102. Universal entitlement
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Every individual who is a resident of the United States and is a citizen or national of the United States or lawful resident alien (as defined in subsection (d)) is entitled to benefits for health care services under this Act under the appropriate State health security program. In this section, the term appropriate State health security program means, with respect to an individual, the State health security program for the State in which the individual maintains a primary residence.
The American Health Security Standards Board (in this Act referred to as the Board ) may make eligible for benefits for health care services under the appropriate State health security program under this Act such classes of aliens admitted to the United States as nonimmigrants as the Board may provide. In providing for eligibility under paragraph (1), the Board shall consider reciprocity in health care services offered to United States citizens who are nonimmigrants in other foreign states, and such other factors as the Board determines to be appropriate.
The Board also may make eligible for benefits for health care services under the appropriate State health security program under this Act other individuals not described in subsection
(a)or (b), and regulate the nature of the eligibility of such individuals, in order— to preserve the public health of communities; to compensate States for the additional health care financing burdens created by such individuals; and to prevent adverse financial and medical consequences of uncompensated care, while inhibiting travel and immigration to the United States for the sole purpose of obtaining health care services. Any State health security program may make individuals described in paragraph
(1)eligible for benefits at the expense of the State. For purposes of this section, the term lawful resident alien means an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence and any other alien lawfully residing permanently in the United States under color of law, including an alien with lawful temporary resident status under section 210, 210A, or 234A of the Immigration and Nationality Act ( 8 U.S.C. 1160 , 1161, or 1255a).
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