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Page 5 of 5 § 10:69-3.9 AFDC-related Medicaid citizenship/eligibility requirements 4. For aliens who present themselves as on active duty or honorably discharged from the United States Armed Forces, the following serve as documentation: i. For discharge status, an original, or notarized copy, of the veteran's discharge papers issued by the branch of service in which the applicant was a member. ii. For active duty military status, an original, or notarized copy, of the applicant's current orders showing the individual is on full-time duty with the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, or Coast Guard (full time National Guard duty does not qualify), or a military identification card (DD Form 2 (active)). (g) An applicant who declares that he or she is a United States citizen, a national, or an otherwise eligible non-citizen, and who meets all other eligibility requirements, will be approved immediately for benefits and will be given "reasonable opportunity" to submit required documentation of citizenship or qualified alien immigration status. 1. Reasonable opportunity is defined as six months from the time that the applicant declares citizenship or qualified alien status and is informed of the need to provide documentation as long as the applicant is making a good faith effort to submit the documentation. Applicants will be properly noticed during this six-month period in accordance with the following schedule: i. If, after approximately three months, the applicant has not submitted the required documentation, the eligibility agency shall provide written notice to the client setting forth the specific documentation that is still needed for this applicant to comply with the requirement and advising of the date of the upcoming date of the six-month deadline. ii. If the applicant(s) have not submitted the required documentation towards the end of the fifth month of the reasonable opportunity period then a timely termination notice shall be sent to the applicant informing them of their termination date, to be effective at the end of the six-month period. iii. The notices must clearly identify which household members have not complied and for which the adverse action is applicable. The termination notice shall inform the applicant that he or she may re-apply when he or she has secured the required documentation. History HISTORY: Amended by R.2017 d.209, effective December 4, 2017. See: 49 N.J.R. 1789(a), 49 N.J.R. 3729(a). Rewrote the section. Annotations Notes Chapter Notes NEW JERSEY ADMINISTRATIVE CODE Copyright © 2025 by the New Jersey Office of Administrative Law End of Document