IMPORTANT NOTICE FOR IMMIGRANTS

Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) says "IT'S OKAY" to receive Health Care Benefits

New INS guidelines permit immigrants and their children to use the following health care benefits without affecting their Immigration Status:

• Medi-Cal*
• Healthy Families
• Emergency Medical Assistance' Immunization
• WIC (Women, Infants and Children)
• Testing & Treatment of Communicable Diseases
• Prenatal Care
• County Health Programs
• Immunization

*Unless  you use these services to pay for long-term care (i.e. long-term nursing home care).

INS WILL NOT CONSIDER YOU A PUBLIC CHARGE JUST BECAUSE YOU USE THESE HEALTH CARE BENEFITS.

• INS will not deny your legal admission to the U.S.
• INS will not deny your application for legal permanent residency.

For more information call:

• Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles (CHIRLA) 1-888-624-4752 (Spanish and Russian)
• Neighborhood Legal Services HEALTH CONSUMER CENTER  1-800-896-3203 (Spanish, Armenian, Arabic and French)
• Chinatown Service Center 1-213-808-1700 (Cantonese and Mandarin)
• South Asian Network 1-562-403-0488 (Hindi, Urdu and Bengali)
• Thai Community Development Center 1-213-739-8455 (Thai)
• WRAP Agency 1-310-337-1550 (Cambodian, Japanese, Laotian, Tagalog, Vietnamese)
• Korean Resource Center 1-323-937-3718 (Korean)

Los Angeles County Department of Public Social Services and Department of Health Services helpline: 1-877-481-1044