The HEAL for Immigrant Families Act
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Background
The Health Equity and Access under the Law (HEAL) for Immigrant Families Act was reintroduced in Congress on July 27, 2023.
The National Latina Institute for Reproductive Justice and National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum, together with the HEAL For Immigrant Families Coalition, are proud to be collaborating on the re-introduction of this historic legislation.
Review the HEAL Factsheet
What does the HEAL for Immigrant Families Act do?
The HEAL for Immigrant Families Act provides solutions that will:
- Remove unnecessary barriers to health care access for immigrant families;
- Provide access to public and affordable health coverage for Deferred Action Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients;
- Provide access to Medicare, Medicaid, or the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) to lawfully present immigrants without a five-year waiting period;
- Allow undocumented immigrants to purchase health insurance through the Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace; and
- Create a state option plan for states to elect to expand Medicaid and CHIP eligibility to undocumented immigrants who are otherwise eligible.
Past HEAL Week of Action
Our HEAL WEEK OF ACTION in collaboration with the National Asian Pacific American Women’s Forum has begun!
This whole week we’ll be sharing actions, events, and opportunities to get involved with getting the word out about the HEAL for Immigrant Families Act of 2023. Stay tuned here for more information on all things HEAL!
We also want to get folks the facts they need about HEAL. Click HERE to check out an information carousel we made just for you to learn more.
And for the rest of the week’s plans, check out our schedule below:
Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok for even more! And keep an eye on our emails to get involved with us this week.
Stay tuned!
Take Action
Tell your Story
The HEAL Act would enable countless im/migrant families to access the healthcare they need. Share your story today about what this legislation would mean to you.
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Additional Resources
Media
 Press Release Statement- English |
 Press Release Statement- Español |
 Op-Ed: Immigrant Justice Is Reproductive Justice: Latin Communities Under Attack Post-Roe |
 HEAL FACTSHEET |
Supporting Organizations
National Organizations
ACA Consumer Advocacy
Advocates for Youth
All* Above All Action Fund
American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
American Humanist Association
American Muslim Health Professionals
American Public Health Association
Apna Ghar, Inc
Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC
Asian and Pacific Islander American Health Forum (APIAHF)
Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL)
Asian/Pacific Islander Domestic Violence Resource Project
Association of Asian Pacific Community Health Organizations (AAPCHO)
Association of Maternal & Child Health Programs
Autistic People of Color Fund (APOC)
Autistic Self Advocacy Network
Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network
Bazelon Center for Mental Health Law
Bend the Arc: Jewish Action
Birth In Color RVA
Caring Across Generations
Catholics for Choice
Center for Biological Diversity
Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)
Center for Reproductive Rights
CenterLink: The Community of LGBTQ Centers
Children’s Defense Fund
Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights (CHIRLA)
Coalition on Human Needs
Community Catalyst
Community Change Action
COPAL: Communities Organizing Latinx Power and Action
Daya Inc.
Empowering Pacific Islander Communities
Esperanza United (formerly Casa de Esperanza: National Latin@ Network)
Families USA
Family Voices
Futures Without Violence
Grandmothers for Reproductive Rights (GRR!)
Grantmakers Concerned with Immigrants and Refugees
Guttmacher Institute
Healthy Teen Network
Hispanic Federation
Ibis Reproductive Health
If/When/How: Lawyering for Reproductive Justice
Immigration Equality Action Fund
Immigration Hub
Immigration Law & Justice Network
Ipas
Justice Action Center
Justice for Migrant Women
Justice in Aging
Justice in Motion
Kids in Need of Defense (KIND)
Laotian American National Alliance
LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Lawyering Project
MANA, A National Latina Organization
MomsRising
NARAL Pro-Choice America
National Asian American Pacific Islander Mental Health Association
National Coalition for Latinxs with Disabilities
National Center for Lesbian Rights
National Council of Asian Pacific Americans
National Council of Jewish Women
National Employment Law Project
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association
National Health Law Program
National Hispanic Media Coalition
National Immigration Law Center
National LGBT Cancer Network
National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund
National Network for Arab American Communities (NNAAC)
National Network of Abortion Funds
National Network to End Domestic Violence
National Organization for Women
National Partnership for New Americans
National Partnership for Women & Families
National Women’s Law Center
NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice
PFLAG National
PIVOT: The Progressive Vietnamese American Organization
Physicians for Reproductive Health
Planned Parenthood Federation of America
Population Institute
Positive Women’s Network-USA
Power to Decide
Protect Our Care
Public Advocacy for Kids (PAK)
RH Impact: The Collaborative for Equity & Justice
Rhia Ventures
Service Employees International Union, SEIU
SIECUS: Sex Ed for Social Change
Sojourners
South Asian Public Health Association
Southern Poverty Law Center
Southeast Asia Resource Action Center (SEARAC)
State Innovation Exchange (SiX) Action
The AIDS Institute
The Coelho Center for Disability Law, Policy and Innovation
The Forum for Youth Investment
The National Domestic Violence Hotline
The Praxis Project
The Workers Circle
UnidosUS
Union for Reform Judaism
URGE: Unite for Reproductive and Gender Equity
Voto Latino
Welcoming America
We Testify
Women of Reform Judaism
Young Center for Immigrant Children’s Rights
Young Invincibles
Arizona
William E. Morris Institute for Justice
California
California Latinas for Reproductive Justice
East Bay Sanctuary Covenant
Equality California
Inland Equity Community Land Trust
Los Angeles LGBT Center
Oasis Legal Services
RotaCare San Rafael/Bay Area
Colorado
CARE Colorado
Colorado Center on Law and Policy
Colorado Children’s Campaign
Colorado Consumer Health Initiative
Florida
Florida Health Justice Project
The Pride Center at Equality Park
Georgia
Latino Community Fund INC (LCF Georgia)
SPARK Reproductive Justice NOW
Hawaii
Hawaii Children’s Action Network Speaks!
Illinois
Champaign County Health Care Consumers
Midwest Access Coalition
Indiana
Indiana Justice Project
Kansas
El Centro
Kentucky
Kentucky Equal Justice Center
Kentucky Voices for Health
Louisiana
Louisiana Coalition for Reproductive Freedom
Maryland
Public Justice Center
Massachusetts
Disability Policy Consortium
Minnesota
Land Stewardship Project
Minnesota Nurses Association
New York
Bronx Health REACH/The Institute for Family Health
Chinese-American Planning Council
Housing Works
North Carolina
Pro-Choice North Carolina
Texas
Avow Texas
Frontera Fund
Texas Equal Access Fund
Washington, D.C.
Farmworker Justice
Washington
Northwest Harvest
Northwest Health Law Advocates (NoHLA)