Beginning on the effective date of this amendatory Act of the 96th General Assembly and except where federal law requires presumptive eligibility, no adult may be presumed eligible for health care coverage under the Program, and the Department may not cover any service rendered to an adult unless the adult has completed an application for benefits, all required verifications have been received and the Department or its designee has found the adult eligible for the date on which that service was provided. Nothing in this Section shall apply to pregnant women.