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State Children’s Health Insurance Program

Phase 1 Effective Date: April 1, 1998

Revised: 1/26/98, 2/19/98, 3/3/98, 3/6/98 Phase 2 Effective Date: July 1, 1998

Revised: 8/20/98, 8/24/98, 10/1/99, 7/28/00, 1/31/01, 7/02/02, 7/22/02, 1/3/03, 2/13/04, 9/27/04, 11/15/04, 8/11/05, 10/1/06, 7/1/09, 7/1/10, 7/1/11, 7/1/12 42 closure file that the Department of Children and Family Services sends to Florida Healthy Kids Corporation for the Title XXI eligibility determination.

Previous Medicaid’s citizenship eligibility determinations will be considered acceptable proof of citizenship for Title XXI eligibility determinations.

Documents issued by a federally recognized Indian Tribe evidencing membership, enrollment in, or affiliation with a federally recognized tribe is satisfactory documentary evidence of a child’s citizenship or nationality.

Florida verifies citizenship for children born in Florida through the Department of Health’s Vital Statistics. Families may provide any of the acceptable forms of documentation for citizenship and identity listed in 42 CFR 435.407.

Once U.S. citizenship has been established it does not have to be verified again.

Non-citizens must provide the child’s date of entry and USCIS number and proof of the child’s immigration status. This information is verified through USCIS and a determination made whether the child is a qualified non-citizen. Non-citizens must verify their status at each annual renewal.

Florida is not currently using the Social Security Administration verification option. 4.1.1.  Geographic area served by the Plan: MediKids: Statewide Healthy Kids: Statewide CMSN : Statewide Partners In Care (PIC) Services: PIC services will be limited to counties participating in the Program for All-Inclusive Care for Children (PACC) Demonstration. These counties are: Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau, St. Johns, Pinellas, Glades, Hendry, Lee, Escambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa, Walton, Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Putnam, Suwannee, Union, Citrus, Hernando, Lake, Marion, Sumter, Dade, Monroe, Palm Beach, Orange, Osceola and Seminole.