Section 4-205.24 - Eligibility requirements for alien children(a) Any person who is not a citizen of the United States, who entered the United States before August 22, 1996, and who is a "qualified alien", as defined by § 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, approved August 22, 1996 (110 Stat. 2105; 8 U.S.C. § 1641 ), may receive the following:(1) TANF benefits, if otherwise eligible under this chapter;(2) Medicaid benefits, if otherwise eligible under the District of Columbia State Plan submitted pursuant to title XIX of the Social Security Act, approved July 30, 1965 (79 Stat. 343; 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq.); and(3) Benefits and services funded under title XX of the Social Security Act, approved August 13, 1981 (95 Stat. 867; 42 U.S.C. § 1397 et seq.), if otherwise eligible under applicable federal and District law.(b) Any person who is not a citizen of the United States and who is a "qualified alien", as defined by § 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, may receive any District-funded benefit if otherwise eligible under applicable District law, regardless of the person's date of entry into the United States.Apr. 6, 1982, D.C. Law 4-101, § 524, 29 DCR 1060; Apr. 20, 1999, D.C. Law 12-241, § 2(aa), 46 DCR 905.