HHS ISSUES CITIZENSHIP GUIDELINES FOR MEDICAID ELIGIBIITY.
The law specifies certain forms of acceptable evidence of citizenship and identity, and provides for the use of additional forms of documentation as established by federal regulations, when appropriate. Today’s guidance outlines acceptable additional forms of documentary evidence.
The guidance adopts a hierarchical approach already in use by other programs in which documentary evidence of citizenship and identity is sought first from a list of primary documents. If an applicant or recipient presents evidence from the listing of primary documentation, no other information would be required. When such evidence cannot be obtained, the state will look to the next tier of acceptable forms of evidence. A state must first seek documents from the primary list before looking to the secondary or tertiary lists.
