Immigration-Related State Laws
State laws may provide additional rights and benefits to individuals coping with cancer. Various laws related to employment, disability insurance, health insurance, COVID-19, accessing medical records, estate-planning, other cancer-related state laws, and immigration are included below. We also have a chart of state laws on creating a will that can be found here. Please note that this information changes frequently, so check back for up-to-date information.
This chart includes the state laws that provide benefits and protections in the intersection of immigration and access to health care.
| State | States waiving 5-year waiting period for CHIP for children | States waiving 5-year waiting period for CHIP for children and pregnant women | States waiving 5-year waiting period for Medicaid for children and pregnant women | States waiving 5-year waiting period for Medicaid for pregnant women | States waiving 5-year waiting period for Medicaid for children | Has state-funded programs for health care for children |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALABAMA | ||||||
| ALASKA | ||||||
| ARIZONA | ||||||
| ARKANSAS | ||||||
| CALIFORNIA | x | x | x (low-income adults up to 25 years old) | |||
| COLORADO | x | x | ||||
| CONNECTICUT | x | x | ||||
| DELAWARE | x | x | ||||
| *DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | x | x | ||||
| FLORIDA | x | x | ||||
| GEORGIA | ||||||
| HAWAII | x | |||||
| IDAHO | ||||||
| ILLINOIS | x | x | x | |||
| INDIANA | ||||||
| IOWA | x | x | ||||
| KANSAS | ||||||
| KENTUCKY | x | x | ||||
| LOUISIANA | ||||||
| MAINE | x | x | ||||
| MARYLAND | x | |||||
| MASSACHUSETTS | x | x | x | |||
| MICHIGAN | ||||||
| MINNESOTA | x | x | ||||
| MISSISSIPPI | ||||||
| MISSOURI | ||||||
| MONTANA | x | x | ||||
| NEBRASKA | x | x | ||||
| NEVADA | ||||||
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | ||||||
| NEW JERSEY | x | x | ||||
| NEW MEXICO | x | |||||
| NEW YORK | x | x | x | |||
| NORTH CAROLINA | x | x | ||||
| NORTH DAKOTA | ||||||
| OHIO | x | |||||
| OKLAHOMA | ||||||
| OREGON | x | x | x | |||
| PENNSYLVANIA | x | x | ||||
| *PUERTO RICO | ||||||
| RHODE ISLAND | x | x | ||||
| SOUTH CAROLINA | ||||||
| SOUTH DAKOTA | ||||||
| TENNESSEE | ||||||
| TEXAS | x | x | ||||
| UTAH | x | x | ||||
| VERMONT | x | |||||
| VIRGINIA | x | x | ||||
| WASHINGTON | x | x | x | |||
| WEST VIRGINIA | x | x | ||||
| WISCONSIN | x | |||||
| WYOMING | x | |||||
| GUAM |