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UPDATED: NOVEMBER 2009 613

OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS SATISFACTORY IMMIGRATION STATUS

QUALIFIED ALIENS

• Persons lawfully admitted for permanent residence (i.e. LPRs- “green card holders”) under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA); • Persons paroled into the United States under Section 212(d)(5) of the INA for a period of at least one year; • Persons granted conditional entry pursuant to Section 203(a)(7) Immigration and Nationality ACT (INA); and • Persons who have been determined by the social services district to be in need of Medicaid as a result of being battered or subject to extreme cruelty in the United States by a spouse, parent, or by a member of the spouse’s or parent’s family residing in the same household as the alien family member at the time of the battering or extreme cruelty. (Refer to the section of this Reference Guide entitled “Battered Qualified Alien”)

References: SSL Sect

122

131-k

Dept Reg.

349.3

351.1

351.2

360-3.2 (j)

ADMs

04 ADM 07

97 ADM 23

88 ADM 22

88 ADM 4

82 ADM 24

INFS

06 INF-5

Interpretation: Applicants who meet the criteria above are considered to be in satisfactory immigration status and, if otherwise eligible, may receive all care and services provided by the Medicaid program.

Documentation: The following chart indicates examples of acceptable USCIS forms/documentation for qualified aliens who are in satisfactory immigration status. (MRG)