President Joe Biden announced Thursday that the Department of Health and Human Services will shortly propose a rule amending the definition of “lawful presence” in order to extend Medicaid and Affordable Care Act coverage to DACA recipients.

There are hundreds of thousands of recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, which allows individuals brought unlawfully to the U.S. as children to remain here for a period and become eligible for a work permit. If the new HHS rule is approved, DACA recipients will be eligible for these health-care programs for the first time, with the administration noting it hopes to get it done by the end of the month.

DACA recipients will be able to apply for coverage through the Health Insurance Marketplace, where they may qualify for financial assistance based on income, and through their state Medicaid agency. Eligibility information will be verified electronically when individuals apply for coverage.

“President Biden and Vice President Harris believe that health care should be a right, not a privilege. Together, they promised to protect and strengthen the ACA and Medicaid, lowering costs and expanding coverage so that every American has the peace of mind that health insurance brings,” read the White House statement.

An estimated 580,000 people were still enrolled in DACA at the end of last year, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. Court orders currently prevent the administration from processing new applications.

There is bipartisan desire to enact a protection for DACA recipients, but negotiations to do so continue to break down.