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Chapter: 1450 Technical Requirements Program: CIC 11 7. Pending Application for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status 1450.0117 Assistance for Ineligible Noncitizens (CIC) Any noncitizen who does not have an eligible qualified noncitizen status is not eligible for Medicaid on the factor of citizenship. These noncitizens may be eligible for Medicaid through Emergency Medical Assistance for Aliens (EMA), if they meet all other eligibility criteria.

Note: Lawfully residing children, up to age 19, are potentially eligible for Medicaid provided all other eligibility requirements are met. 1450.0118 Noncitizens not Eligible for Assistance (CIC) The following individuals are not eligible for Medicaid on the factor of citizenship status:

1. foreign government representatives on official business and their families and servants; 2. visitors for business or pleasure, including exchange visitors; 3. crewmen on shore leave; 4. noncitizens in travel status while traveling directly through the U.S.; 5. treaty traders and investors and their families; 6. foreign students; 7. international organization representatives and individuals and their families and servants; 8. temporary workers including agricultural contract workers; and 9. members of foreign press, radio, film, or other information media and their families.

Verification of these statuses is usually the I-94, Arrival-Departure Record, Annotated with the letters "A" through "L" (A-2, B-1, etc.).

Note: Lawfully residing children, up to age 19, are potentially eligible for Medicaid provided all other eligibility requirements are met. 1450.0200 SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER (CIC) The eligibility specialist must obtain a Social Security number (SSN) for each individual or verify that the individual has applied for an SSN as a condition of eligibility. This requirement does not apply for the Emergency Medical Assistance for Noncitizens Program. The purpose of the SSN is to identify income and assets held by an individual.

A verbal statement providing the SSN is sufficient as the SSN is validated through data exchange. If the SSN is unknown or has never been obtained, the individual must:

1. apply for an SSN through the welfare enumeration system at the local DCF office. (Original evidence of age, identification and citizenship or noncitizen status must be sent by the eligibility specialist to the local Social Security Administration (SSA) office with the completed SS-5.); or 2. apply for an SSN through the local SSA office (The SSA filing receipt for application must be presented to the eligibility specialist as evidence that the individual has applied.); or 3. apply for an SSN through the Florida enumeration at birth process. Evidence that the individual has applied includes: a. an SSA 2853 indicating that an SSN was requested at the hospital, b. the child's birth certificate with "yes" annotated in Section 11d, or c. a screen print from BVS with a "y" indicator in the child issue field.

The eligibility specialist must request that SFU members whose income and/or assets are included in the budget, but who are not members of the assistance group, provide their SSN for purposes of data exchange. These individuals are not required to comply with this request.