09/22/2026
New federal rules are changing who qualifies for NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid based on immigration status. Some non-citizens will no longer qualify for coverage after September 30, 2026.
Most non-citizen immigrants with NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid coverage will not be affected, including children under 19, lawfully present people under 21, pregnant people, and many green card holders. For more information on which non-citizen immigrants may no longer qualify for NJ FamilyCare/Medicaid, read the “See which groups are impacted” section.
See which groups are impacted:
- Non-citizens who may continue to qualify include:
1. Lawful Permanent Resident (green card holder) of at least 5 years calculated from date of grant of qualifying immigration status;
2. Non-citizens that are in one of the following groups and who have adjusted to Lawful Permanent Resident, regardless of date of adjustment;
- Refugees,
- Asylees,
- Victims of trafficking and their spouse, child, sibling, or parents,
- Lawfully residing veterans/active-duty service members and certain family members,
- Amerasian immigrants,
- Iraqi and Afghani grantees of Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) or SI/SQ Parolees,
- Afghan Nationals granted parole between July 31, 2021 and September 30, 2023,
- Individuals who were paroled into the U.S. between February 24, 2022 and September 30, 2024 under the Ukrainian Humanitarian Parole (UHP) program,
- People whose deportation is being withheld.
3. Cuban/Haitian Entrants;
4. Compacts of Free Association (COFA) migrants, which includes Micronesia, Marshall Islands, and Palau;
5. Lawfully present pregnant people;
6. Lawfully present non-citizens who are under the age of 21;
7. Children under 19, regardless of their immigration status.
Non-citizens who may NOT continue to qualify include:
1. Non-citizens in the following groups who have not adjusted to - Lawful Permanent Resident status;
- Victims of domestic violence, applying under the U.S. under the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA),
- Temporary humanitarian parolees (those paroled into the U.S. for at least one year),
- Refugees,
- Asylees,
- Victims of trafficking and their spouse, child, sibling, or parents,
- Lawfully residing veterans/active-duty service members and certain family members,
- Afghan Nationals granted parole between July 31, 2021 and September 30, 2023,
- Individuals who were paroled into the U.S. between February 24, 2022 and September 30, 2024 under the Ukrainian Humanitarian Parole (UHP) program,
- People whose deportation is being withheld.
