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State of Maryland Medical Assistance Manual Revised July 2012

Section 500 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Non-Financial Eligibility Requirement

1. Is citizenship and identity needed for all MA program? No, citizenship and identity is not needed for the following:

Recipient of Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

Recipient of Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

Child in Foster Care or Subsidized Adoptions under Title IV part E (EO I or E02),

Child for whom child welfare services are made available under Title IV-B on the

basis of being a child in foster care.

Newborn, automatically eligible, (P03 and P 12 applicants made eligible through

the DHMH 1184 process),

Pregnant woman who is determined automatically eligible by the provider's

attestation through the Accelerated Certification of Eligibility (ACE)

Medicare eligible individual or Medicare recipient (

Aliens: (coverage group X02).

2. All illegal and ineligible aliens are eligible for full medical assistance? No, illegal and ineligible aliens are only eligible for emergency and labor and delivery services. Coverage as X02 is only available to persons who would be eligible in a federal coverage category (MA, FAC, ABD or MCHP) but for the no qualified aliens status. 3. Are the only forms of proof of citizenship and identification an applicant can used is a birth certificate and a state identification card? No, the most known proof of citizenship and identity is a birth certificate and a state identification card. The following are acceptable as proof for citizenship:

Data match of Vital Statistics records by DHMH to document birth record Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE)-for naturalized citizens only.