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[Provision] Limits on providing Medicaid and aid under TANF to legal immigrants [Effective Date] Date of enactment [Enforcement Mechanism] Specific financial penalty for states that fail to participate in an income and eligibility verification system which gathers data on citizenship under AFDC or TANF Medicaid limits enforced under Medicaid rules [Comments] 
Most legal immigrants who enter the country after the date of enactment are ineligible for aid under the block grant and for Medicaid for five years from date of entry. States have the option of granting or denying aid under TANF and Medicaid to most legal immigrants who are already in the country.
Time Line For Implementing The New Welfare Law - Revised 12/5/96
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