42 C.F.R. § 435.910 Use of social security number.
Title 42 - Public Health
(a) The agency must require, as a condition of eligibility, that each individual (including children) requesting Medicaid services furnish each of his or her social security numbers (SSNs). (b) The agency must advise the applicant of— (1) [Reserved] (2) The statute or other authority under which the agency is requesting the applicant's SSN; and (3) The uses the agency will make of each SSN, including its use for verifying income, eligibility, and amount of medical assistance payments under §§435.940 through 435.960. (c)–(d) [Reserved] (e) If an applicant cannot recall his SSN or SSNs or has not been issued a SSN the agency must— (1) Assist the applicant in completing an application for an SSN; (2) Obtain evidence required under SSA regulations to establish the age, the citizenship or alien status, and the true identity of the applicant; and (3) Either send the application to SSA or, if there is evidence that the applicant has previously been issued a SSN, request SSA to furnish the number. (f) The agency must not deny or delay services to an otherwise eligible applicant pending issuance or verification of the individual's SSN by SSA. (g) The agency must verify each SSN of each applicant and recipient with SSA, as prescribed by the Commissioner, to insure that each SSN furnished was issued to that individual, and to determine whether any others were issued. (h) Exception. (1) A State may give a Medicaid identification number to an applicant who, because of well established religious objections, refuses to obtain a Social Security Number (SSN). The identification number may be either an SSN obtained by the State on the applicant's behalf or another unique identifier. (2) The term well established religious objections means that the applicant— (i) Is a member of a recognized religious sect or division of the sect; and (ii) Adheres to the tenets or teachings of the sect or division of the sect and for that reason is conscientiously opposed to applying for or using a national identification number. (3) A State may use the Medicaid identification number established by the State to the same extent as an SSN is used for purposes described in paragraph (b)(3) of this section. [44 FR 17937, Mar. 23, 1979, as amended at 51 FR 7211, Feb. 28, 1986; 66 FR 2667, Jan. 11, 2001]
Title 42: Public Health
PART 435—ELIGIBILITY IN THE STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS, AND AMERICAN SAMOA
Subpart J—Eligibility in the States and District of Columbia
Applications
§ 435.910 Use of social security number.
