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MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL MEDICAL Division of Welfare and Supportive Services Medical Assistance Manual C-435.1.3 GENERAL ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS RESERVE MEMBERS 17 Sep 01 MTL 05/17 A member of a Reserve Component must establish their status by showing a current DD Form 2 - Reserve (red) and military active duty orders showing they are on active duty, but not on active duty for training. No other method for verifying this status is currently available. C-440 DEFINITION OF BATTERED NON-CITIZEN A battered non-citizen is: An adult or their child(ren), lawfully residing in the United States on August 22, 1996, who has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by a U.S. citizen or LPR who is: a. a spouse or a parent, or b. a member of the spouse or parent’s family residing in the same household as the non-citizen (and the spouse or parent consented to, or acquiesced in the battery or cruelty). A non-citizen, lawfully residing in the United States on August 22, 1996, whose child has been battered or subjected to extreme cruelty in the United States by a U.S. citizen or LPR who is: a. a spouse or a parent of the non-citizen (without the active participation of the non-citizen in the battery or cruelty), or b. a member of the spouse or parent’s family residing in the same household as the non-citizen (and the spouse or parent consented to, or acquiesced in the battery or cruelty and the non-citizen did not actively participate). C-445 IRAQI AND AFGHANI SPECIAL IMMIGRANTS Effective December 26, 2007, Public Law 110-161, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008 granted Iraqi and Afghan non-citizens special immigrant status under section 101(a)(27) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Individuals and family members granted this special immigrant status are eligible for resettlement assistance, TANF and entitlement programs including Medicaid and SNAP and other benefits the same as other refugees admitted under section 207 of the INA. Effective December 19, 2009, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act of 2010 (Section 8120, P.L. 111-2009) provides that Iraqi and Afghan Special Immigrants are eligible for federal public benefits to the same extent and for the same time period as refugees. Verification of Special Immigrant Status For Medicaid program purposes, Iraqi and Afghan non-citizens and family members who claim special immigrant status must provide verification they have been admitted under section 101(a)(27) of the INA.