PM 06-30-00: Medical Benefits for Non-Citizen Victims of Trafficking, Torture and Other Serious Crimes

WAG 06-30-00

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Effective 01/01/18, a foreign-born victim of Survivor Support and Trafficking Prevention (VTTC), pursuant to 305 ILCS 5/5-2(20); 89 IL Admin 120.560, and their derivative family members, may be eligible for state funded medical assistance when not otherwise eligible for federally funded medical benefits.

"Derivative Family Member" means a person who is the spouse, child, parent, or sibling under age 18 of the principal victim who is eligible, or potentially eligible, for one of the above statuses. A spouse must have been married to the principal victim before the principal victim entered the United States.