In what cases are non-citizens eligible for Medicaid?

According to the Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the list of qualified non-citizens is as follows:

-Lawful permanent residents/ green card holders

-Individuals granted asylum/ refugees

-Cuban and Haitian entrants

-Parolees for more than 1 year

-Battered non-citizens, spouses, and children

-Victims of trafficking

-Veterans and active military, their spouses, and their children

The CHIPRA (Children’s Health Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2009) also provides Medicaid services for any lawfully-present pregnant women and children, regardless of date of entry into the United States. One is “lawfully present” in the following circumstances:

-Qualified non-citizens

-Humanitarian status (Temporary Protected status, Special Juvenile status, asylum seekers, Convention against Torture)

-Valid non-immigrant visa holders

-Legal status (Temporary Resident status, LIFE Act, Family Unity)