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OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS CITZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION STATUS QUALIFIED ALIENS

REFUGEE MEDICAL ASSISTANCE (RMA)

in the excess income amount under the ADC-related budget, notify the individual of his/her decrease in excess income.

NOTE: Refugee families with children can receive RMA during their first eight months in the U.S. only if they become ineligible for the State’s “regular” State Plan Medicaid Program.

Disposition: The following refugees are eligible for RMA for the time periods specified:

• Refugees, Cuban/Haitian entrants and Amerasian immigrants are eligible for eight months from the date of arrival into the United States. • Asylees are eligible for eight months from the date that asylum status is granted. • Trafficking victims are eligible for RMA benefits for eight months from the date indicated in the certification letter (for adults) or eligibility letter (for children) issued by the ORR. • Certain family members of victims of a severe form of human trafficking are eligible for eight months from the date they acquired the Derivative T-Visa status: o For family members who received the Derivative T-Visa in the United States, the date of eligibility for RMA benefits is the notice date found on the I-797 Notice of Action. o For family members who enter the United States with a Derivative T-Visa, the date of eligibility is the date the individual entered the country which is stamped on the individual’s passport or I-94 Arrival/Departure Record. • Iraqi/Afghan Special Immigrant Visa Holders’ eligibility continues for eight months from the date they entered the U.S. or, if already in the U.S., for eight months from the date that they acquired their Special Immigrant Status.

Documentation: RMA applicants must provide proof of his/her immigration status including, as appropriate, Arrival/Departure Record (I-94), Permanent Resident Card (I-551), or a USCIS Notice of Action (I-797). The various immigration statuses that may be found on the immigration documents include:

• Admitted as a conditional entrant under Section 203 (a) (7) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). • Admitted as a refugee under Section 207 of the INA. (MRG)