Qualified non-citizens are non-citizens with an immigration status that makes them generally eligible for Medicaid and CHIP coverage if they meet Pennsylvania’s income and residency rules.
The term "qualified non-citizen" includes:
- Lawful Permanent Residents (LPR/Green Card Holder)
- Asylees
- Refugees
- Cuban/Haitian entrants
- Parolees in the U.S. For at least one year
- Conditional entrant granted before 1980
- Battered non-citizens, spouses, children, or parents
- Victims of trafficking and his or her spouse, child, sibling, or parent
- Granted withholding of deportation
- Member of a federally recognized Indian tribe or American Indian born in Canada