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OTHER ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

STATE RESIDENCE AND RESPONSIBILITY FOR ASSISTANCE

"Date of Residency". The SDX is adequate documentation for determining when the recipient became a resident of the State. When an SSI recipient indicates that s/he moved to New York State prior to the first of the month preceding the "Date of Residency" further investigation is required. If the SSI recipient can document that s/he became a resident of New York State at an earlier date, Medicaid is authorized from that date.

Children who are adopted or receive foster care under Title IV-E of the Social Security Act receive Medicaid from the state in which the adoptive or foster parents reside. When a family including a IV-E eligible child moves to a different state, the new state become responsible for providing Medicaid. Families of IV-E adopted children must bring documentation of IV-E eligibility to the new state of residence for Medicaid to be authorized.

Transfer of Medicaid for IV-E foster care children is accomplished with the assistance of the State’s IV-E Foster Care Compact Coordinator. When a IV-E foster care child is placed in another state, once the new placement is approved by the new state, that state opens up a Medicaid case. Until the new state of residence approves the foster care placement, New York State is responsible for arranging Medical care. While a New York State Medicaid case may remain open, Children and Family Services is responsible for working with foster parents in arranging for medical care out of state.

Specific residence topics are considered in detail in the following sections:

Persons Temporarily In the State;

District of Fiscal Responsibility; and

Persons Temporarily Out of State.

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