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9 • A Certificate of Degree of Indian Blood or other U.S. American Indian/Alaska Native tribal document, if it contains a photograph or other identifying information. • Three or more corroborating documents verifying the individual’s identity. Examples would be high school and college diplomas from accredited institutions, marriage certificates, property deeds and titles, and employee ID cards. • For children under 16, clinic, doctor, and hospital records. • For children under 16 if none of the above records are available, a special affidavit signed under penalty of perjury by the parent, guardian, or caretaker relative is acceptable. • Identity affidavits may also be used for disabled individuals in residential care facilities. They are acceptable only if there is no other means of verifying the individual’s identity and should be signed by the residential care facility director or administrator.

Please note that an affidavit cannot be used to verify identity if affidavits were used to verify citizenship. 2402.15.15 VERIFICATION OF CITIZENSHIP FOR PERSONS BORN IN PUERTO RICO

The purpose of this section is to explain the effect of legislation enacted in 2009 by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico on Medicaid and Hoosier Healthwise eligibility. The legislation was enacted by the Commonwealth to reissue certified birth certificates for its residents. This is relevant to the citizenship verification process because, due to its commonwealth status, persons born in Puerto Rico are U.S. citizens at birth. Individuals born in Puerto Rico and applying for Medicaid for the first time on or after November 1, 2010, are affected by the reissue of Puerto Rican birth certificates. For those individuals, a birth certificate issued prior to July 1, 2010, cannot be accepted. If using a birth certificate to document citizenship, these applicants will have to obtain a new certified birth certificate. The applicant may request a birth certificate by telephone, mail, or online at https://www.vitalchek.com/birth-certificates. Instructions in Spanish, for obtaining a new Puerto Rican birth certificate can be found at www.prfaa.com/certificadosdenacimiento/. The instructions should be printed out for applicants without computer access. It should be noted that the case processing procedures found in IHCPPM, Section 2402.15.10 also apply to persons born in Puerto Rico.

As with other individuals declaring U.S. citizenship, a passport issued to a person born in Puerto Rico is a primary source of citizenship documentation. However, the policy regarding passports of persons of Puerto Rican birth differs in that the passport cannot have expired. If the applicant’s passport has expired, an alternate document, as listed in IHCPPM, Section 2402.15.10, will need to be obtained.

As with citizenship issues involving American born applicants, questions can be submitted to the Policy Answer Line (PAL). Similarly, you are encouraged to contact PAL before denying or