Mr. President. the underlying bill. S. 1664. for the first time would deny to legal immigrantslegal immigrants--access to Medicaid through newly federally imposed o mandated deeming requirements. This prohibition. as the discussion of the amendment of the Senator from Illinois has indicated. will apply both prospectively. to persons who arrive after this bill is enacted. and retroactively. to legal aliens who are already in the country. My amendment changes the deeming period for Medicaid to 2 years. It eliminates the retrospective nature of this provision. and it would apply these provisions to future immigrants and provide for an exemption for emergency care and public health. So to restate what the amendment does. the amendment changes the deeming period for Medicaid to 2 years. Second. it eliminates the retroactive nature of the legislation in the same way that the amendment of the Senator from Illinois would do to all of the deemed programs.
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