42 C.F.R. § 436.406 Citizenship and alienage.
Title 42 - Public Health
(a) The agency must provide Medicaid to otherwise eligible residents of the United States who are— (1) Citizens: (i) Under a declaration required by section 1137(d) of the Act that the individual is a citizen or national of the United States; and (ii) The individual has provided satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or national status, as described in §435.407. (iii) An individual for purposes of the citizenship requirement is a Medicaid applicant or recipient or an individual receiving any services under a section 1115 demonstration for which States receive Federal financial participation in their expenditures as though they were medical assistance, for example, family planning demonstrations or Medicaid demonstrations. (iv) Individuals must declare their citizenship and the State must document an individual's eligibility file on initial applications and initial redeterminations effective July 1, 2006. (2) Qualified aliens as described in section 431 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (8 U.S.C. 1641) who have provided satisfactory documentary evidence of Qualified Alien status, which status has been verified with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) under a declaration required by section 1137(d) of the Act that the applicant or recipient is an alien in a satisfactory immigration status. (b) The agency must provide payment for the services described in §440.255 to residents of the State who otherwise meet the eligibility requirements of the State plan (except for receipt of AFDC, SSI, or State Supplementary payments and the presentation of a social security number) but who do not meet the requirements of paragraph (a) of this section. [55 FR 36820, Sept. 7, 1990, as amended at 71 FR 39225, July 12, 2006]
Title 42: Public Health
PART 436—ELIGIBILITY IN GUAM, PUERTO RICO, AND THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
Subpart E—General Eligibility Requirements
§ 436.406 Citizenship and alienage.
