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N.J.A.C. 10:69-3.9 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 57 No. 12, June 16, 2025 NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 69. AFDC-RELATED MEDICAID > SUBCHAPTER 3. ESTABLISHING PROGRAM ELIGIBILITY IN AFDC-RELATED MEDICAID § 10:69-3.9 AFDC-related Medicaid citizenship/eligibility requirements (a) In order to be eligible for the Medicaid program, an individual must be a citizen of the United States, or an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or an alien approved for temporary residence who can be classified as an eligible alien in accordance with this chapter. 1. The term "citizen of the United States" includes persons born in Puerto Rico, Guam, the Virgin Islands, Swains Island, American Samoa, and the Northern Mariana Islands and children born to American citizens outside the U.S. and its outlying possessions pursuant to Section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (8 U.S.C. § 1401). (b) The following aliens if present in the United States prior to August 22, 1996, and if otherwise meeting the eligibility criteria, are entitled to full Medicaid benefits: 1. An alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence; 2. A refugee admitted pursuant to section 207 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 3. An asylee admitted pursuant to section 208 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 4. An alien whose deportation has been withheld pursuant to section 243 of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 5. An alien who has been granted parole for at least one year by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) pursuant to section 212(d)(5) of the Immigration and Nationality Act; 6. An alien who has been granted conditional entry pursuant to section 203(a)(7) of the Immigration law in effect prior to April 1, 1980; 7. An alien who is granted status as a Cuban or Haitian entrant as defined by section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980; 8. An American Indian born in Canada to whom the provisions of section 289 of the Immigration and Nationality Act apply; 9. A member of an Indian tribe as defined in section 4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act; 10. An alien who is admitted to the United States as an Amerasian immigrant pursuant to section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act of 1988; 11. An alien who is honorably discharged or who is on active duty in the United States Armed Forces and his or her spouse and the unmarried dependent children of the alien or spouse; and 12. Certain legal aliens who are victims of domestic violence and when there is a substantial connection between the battery or cruelty suffered by an alien and his or her need for Medicaid benefits, subject to certain conditions described below: