SRC-JFA S.C.R. 21 75(R) BILL ANALYSIS Senate Research Center S.C.R. 21 By: Truan Health & Human Services 3-10-97 As Filed DIGEST Currently, the new Federal Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act denies food stamps and other benefits to many noncitizens of the United States. Included in the number of persons who will be denied benefits are individuals who are elderly and disabled. This resolution would ask for the support of the Congress of the United States by requesting Congress to allow legal aliens access to Medicaid benefits. PURPOSE As proposed, S.C.R. 21 submits the following resolutions: To request the Congress of the United States to amend federal law to allow legal aliens access to Medicaid benefits. To forward copies of this resolution to the president of the United States, to the speaker of the house of representatives and the president of the senate of the United States Congress, and to all the members of the Texas delegation to the congress with the request that this resolution be officially entered in the Congressional Record as a memorial to the Congress of the United States of America.