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Immigration Status/Category Before 10/1/26 On and After 10/1/26 Before, On, and After 10/1/26 Eligible for Full Medicaid & CHIP Benefits FFP for Full Medicaid & CHIP Benefits1 FFP for Emergency Medicaid Only1 FFP for Full Medicaid & CHIP Benefits under the CHIPRA 214 Option2 Noncitizens paroled in the U.S. for at least one year An individual who is paroled into the U.S. under section 212(d)(5) of INA for a period of at least one year. (8 U.S.C. § 1641(b)(4)) YES NO YES YES Noncitizens granted withholding of deportation4,5 Section 241(b)(3) of the INA, as amended. (8 U.S.C. § 1641(b)(5)) YES NO YES YES Noncitizens granted conditional entry prior to April 1, 1980 An individual is granted conditional entry pursuant to section 203(a)(7) of INA as in effect prior to Apr. 1, 1980. (8 U.S.C. § 1641(b)(6)) YES NO YES YES Noncitizens subject to battery or extreme cruelty by their U.S. citizen or LPR relative, including their noncitizen spouse, child(ren), or parent(s) As qualified under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), an individual who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the U.S. by a spouse or a parent, or by a member of the spouse’s or parent’s family residing in the same household as the alien, but only if (in the opinion of the agency providing such benefits) there is a substantial connection between such battery or cruelty and the need for the benefits to be provided (8 U.S.C. § 1641(c)). This also includes noncitizen parents of battered children (8 U.S.C. § 1641(c)(2)) and noncitizen children of a battered parent (8 U.S.C. § 1641(c)(3)). YES NO YES YES