The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), along with the Departments of Education, Justice, and Labor, will delay until Sept. 10 enforcement of several notices expanding the government’s interpretation of “federal public benefit” as applicable to the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1997.
The HHS notice, effective July 14, limits immigrants without certain legal status from receiving benefits under a broad range of HHS grant programs.
The pause comes in response to a lawsuit filed by 21 state attorneys general and applies only in those states filing the lawsuit:
- Arizona
- California
- Colorado
- Connecticut
- Hawaii
- Illinois
- Maine
- Maryland
- Massachusetts
- Michigan
- Minnesota
- Nevada
- New York
- New Jersey
- New Mexico
- Rhode Island
- Oregon
- Vermont
- Washington
- Washington, D.C.
- Wisconsin
Contact Director of Policy Rob Nelb, MPH, at rnelb@essentialhospitals.org or 202.585.0127 with questions.
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