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Chapter: 1400 Technical Requirements Program: MSSI, SFP 37 d. Parolee (more than 1 year) e. Deportation Withheld f. Cuban and Haitian Entrants g. Battered or Abused Child or Child of a Battered Person h. Victim of Human Trafficking 2. Noncitizens with a valid Nonimmigrant Status (visa holders) 3. Paroled for less than 1 year 4. Other: a. Temporary Resident b. Temporary Protected Status (TPS) c. Employment Authorization d. Family Unity Beneficiaries e. Deferred Enforced Departure (DED) f. Deferred Action Status (not including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA)) g. Administrative Stay of Removal h. Approved Visa Petition with a Pending Application for Adjustment of Status 5. Pending Application for Asylum, Withholding of Removal or Convention Against Torture who has also been Granted Employment Authorization or is under age 14 and their application has been pending for at least 180 days 6. Withholding of Removal under the Convention Against Torture 7. Pending Application for Special Immigrant Juvenile Status 1440.0117 Assistance for Ineligible Noncitizens (MSSI, SFP) 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. 1440.0118 Noncitizens not Eligible for Assistance (MSSI, SFP) The following individuals are not eligible for public assistance 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 is usually the I-94, Arrival-Departure Record, annotated with the letters "A" through "V" except “T” (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. 1440.0119 Compact of Free Association (COFA) migrants (MSSI) The Compact of Free Association (COFA) are agreements between the United States and three independent states: the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau.