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Page 2 of 4 § 10:69-2.8 Eligibility factors other than need ii. If any applicant refuses to provide or apply for the appropriate Social Security number(s), the CSSA shall declare such person ineligible for AFDC-related Medicaid benefits. The eligibility of that individual shall be terminated in accordance with N.J.A.C. 10:69-2.15. (1) For a "newborn" child, whose birth certificate may not be readily available, the completion time for the SS-5 is extended to the first day of the second month after the birth of the child. (2) A signed and certified hospital document may be accepted in lieu of a birth certificate, provided that it contains the same information that would appear on a birth certificate, that is, child's name, date of birth, place of birth, mother's name, mother's residence, and father's name. iii. AFDC-related Medicaid applicants who are legal residents of the United States in accordance with the provisions of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), but not United States citizens, shall have Form PA-55, County Social Service Agency Alien Referral to Social Security (SSA) District Office for Social Security Number Application, processed at the SSA/DO in order to be enumerated. (1) For enumeration purposes, not all U.S. born individuals are U.S. citizens. These individuals may include former U.S. citizens who are now citizens of another country. Additionally, children of foreign diplomats or other temporary aliens who are born in the U.S. while their parents are in the U.S. are considered citizens of the parents' home country. Such individuals shall not be referred to the SSA/DO unless the individual is a legal U.S. resident as stated above. (2) Form PA-55 is to be used to refer legal residents of the United States as determined by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, who are not U.S. citizens, to the SSA/DO. Liaisons in the SSA/DO have been instructed to return the bottom portion of that form to the specified CSSA. For quality control purposes, the bottom portion of Form PA-55 is to be filed in the case record and shall serve as acceptable documentation that the individual has applied for a Social Security number. (3) Each CSSA is to create a tickler file to monitor the flow of referral forms (PA-55s) and receipts of acknowledgment (bottom portions of Form PA-55). Immediately upon receipt of such acknowledgment, CSSAs shall input the filing date of the SS-5 form on the 105 form, thereby providing tracking for the issuance of Social Security numbers, and file the acknowledgment in the case record. 4. Procedures for verifying Social Security numbers are as follows: i. The CSSA shall verify the Social Security numbers (SSNs) provided by the eligible family with the Social Security Administration (SSA) by submitting them through FAMIS. Benefits shall not be denied, delayed, or terminated for an otherwise eligible family pending SSN verification. Once the SSNs have been verified, the CSSA shall make a permanent annotation to the case file to prevent unnecessary reverification of the SSN in the future. 5. AFDC-related Medicaid benefits shall not be denied, delayed, or terminated pending issuance or verification of a Social Security number so long as the applicant/beneficiary has complied with the provisions of (d)1 through 4 above. 6. Every applicant for and recipient of Medicaid benefits is required to furnish a valid Social Security number to the CSSA as a condition of eligibility for Medicaid. Any applicant or recipient who does not already have a Social Security number shall be required to apply for same. In addition, (d)2 through 5 above shall apply to Medicaid recipients. (e) Rules concerning enumeration at birth are as follows: 1. Participating hospitals have entered into an agreement with the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services, Bureau of Vital Statistics, to initiate the enumeration process for newborns while the parent is in the hospital at time of the birth. This process is undertaken through a program