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= The Legal Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act of 2007 =

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 **By: Emily V. and Lizzy W.**
** Sponsored by: Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL) **  House Bill 1308

   **Summary:   ** This bill, commonly know as ICHIA, gives health care access for legal immigrant children and pregnant women. It will give states the option to extend health care to legal immigrants children and pregnant women. ICHIA also provides these states federal reimbursement for the costs of medicaid and S-CHIP.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> **History:** Before this bill, there was a five year waiting period before legal immigrant children and pregnant women could gain health care. This bill eliminates this five year waiting period. This bill will also provide states, who support this bill, with the option for extending health care to legal immigrant children and pregnant women, which was unavailable before. The National Immigration Law Center (NILC )     <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">which works to promote and advance the rights and opportunities of low-income immigrants and their family members, <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> is a suppporter of this bill .<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> The legal immigrants and pregnant women of the country have many health issues that will be addressed in this bill. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ICHIA would give states the ability to give <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> low-income <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> immigrant children and pregnant women federally funded health coverage. <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">This bill would be for un-insured children and pregnant women. <span style="color: rgb(39, 11, 208);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 9, 220);"><span style="color: rgb(4, 4, 6);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> This bill affects all legal immigrant's children and pregnant women.
 * People Affected:**

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<span style="color: rgb(39, 11, 208);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 9, 220);"><span style="color: rgb(4, 4, 6);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">    <span style="color: rgb(39, 11, 208);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 9, 220);"><span style="color: rgb(4, 4, 6);"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> <span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">  <span style="color: rgb(56, 175, 240); font-size: 120%;">This bill would help legal immigrant children, such as this small child, receive health care. [|Photo by philippe leroyer (flickr)]<span style="color: rgb(0, 99, 220);"> This is a legal immigrant family that will be able to afford health care because of this bill. [|Photo by jiji (flickr)] <span style="color: rgb(39, 11, 208);"><span style="color: rgb(34, 9, 220);"><span style="color: rgb(4, 4, 6);">http://diaz-balart.house.gov <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(0, 113, 255);">Another example of an immigrant family. [|Photo by Mcbeth(Flickr)] <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"><span style="font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> Bibliography:
 * Pictures:**

Wiley, Dinah. "Facts About The Immigrant Children’s Health Improvement Act (ICHIA)." www.nilc.com. Mar. 2008. National Immigration Law Center. 5 Dec. 2008 <[ http://www.nilc.org/immspbs/cdev/ICHIA/ ICHIA_facts_2008-03-21.pdf ]http://www.nilc.org/immspbs/cdev/ICHI>.

"Perfectly Legal Immigrants, Until They Applied for Citizenship." NYTimes.com. The New York Times. 5 Dec. 2008 <http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/12/us/12naturalize.html?_r=1>.

"Immigrant Children's Health Improvement Act (ICHIA)." Immigrants and Public Benefits. National Immigration Law Center. 5 Dec. 2008 <span style="color: rgb(16, 7, 176);"><http://www.nilc.org/immspbs/cdev/ICHIA/index.htm>.

<span style="color: rgb(11, 49, 213);">"Lincoln Diaz-Balart." __Lincoln Diaz-Balart: United States Congressmen, Florida__. 2009. 6 Jan. 2008 <http://diaz-balart.house.gov>. <span style="color: rgb(0, 56, 255);"> <span style="color: rgb(35, 55, 251);">Jiji. "Family plan :-)." __Flickr__. 16 July 2007. Yahoo. 7 Jan. 2009 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/jijis008/831551999/www.flickr.com/photos/ jijis008/831551999/>. <span style="color: rgb(35, 55, 251);"> Philippe leroyer. "Illegal Immigrants Demonstration (63) - 05Apr08, Paris (France).jpg." __Flickr__. 5 Apr. 2008. Yahoo. 6 Jan. 2009 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/philippeleroyer/2391022997/>.

<span style="color: rgb(35, 55, 251);">McBeth. "we are not criminals." __Flickr__. 10 Apr. 2006. Yahoo. 7 Jan. 2009 <http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcbeth/126529482/>.

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