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MAGI-BASED ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PLAN SECTION D - Additional Verification Questions 1 MAGI-BASED ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PLAN (Insert Medicaid, CHIP, or Both) Medicaid & CHIP State: Colorado Section D. Additional Verification Questions Question Response 1 If paper documentation is required when a data source is not available or the information obtained from a data source is not reasonably compatible with the information provided by or on behalf of the individual, briefly describe how the state determined that establishing and using an electronic data source was not effective, considering such factors as cost and program integrity in accordance with 42 CFR 435.952(c): Colorado accepts self-attestion without additional verification for many factors of eligibility. Colorado will only request paper documentation for individuals or households whose income is not reasonably compatible between self attestation and the data source and who cannot provide a reasonable explanation, or if inconsistencies are found that cannot be resolved through all available data sources. Vital Statistics is not used to verify citizenship due to the cost and due to the high accuracy rate from using the data we recieve from SSA/SVES data. 2 Please describe how the state uses PARIS? Currently Colorado is using PARIS to identify improper payments (such as receiving benefits from another state). The PARIS report is worked manually by eligibility workers. A manual contact is made by the eligibility worker to the other state that identified the client to verify information. If contact is not made, additional verification is requested from the client.