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provided to the Medicaid agency within ninety (90) days of the eligibility determination. Failure to provide the required documentation within that period results in a termination of Medicaid and the initiation of the Medicaid recoupment process. 6. Relationship – The State evaluates the relationship of household members applying for the MACC group for parent/caretakers using the following: a. Caretaker Relative – For the purposes of MACC group eligibility, parent/caretaker is any adult living with a Medicaid-eligible dependent child who has assumed primary responsibility for that child. This definition includes, but is not limited to: (1) Father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, brother, sister, stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, stepsister, uncle, aunt, first cousin, nephew or niece; (2) The spouse of such parent or relative, even after the marriage is terminated by death or divorce; or (3) Another relative of the child based on blood, adoption or marriage; domestic partner of parent or other caretaker relative. If the parents are in the household, it is presumed that other members in the household are not assuming primary responsibility for the child’s care. (4) Dependent child – For the purposes of determining eligibility the members of the MACC group for parents/caretakers, a dependent child is a child under the age of eighteen (18) or under the age of nineteen (19) if enrolled full-time in school. b. Verification – Self-attestation on the application is accepted as verification of relationship, except for deeming of newborns. 1.8 MACC and Non-MAGI Special Eligibility Categories A. Deemed Newborn Eligibility – Babies born to Medicaid-eligible pregnant people who are residents of Rhode Island are deemed eligible from the date of birth. Once deemed eligible as a newborn, the infant remains eligible for one (1) year and, as such, has eligibility through a non- MAGI eligibility pathway. Accordingly, retroactive coverage is available for periods prior to the application date if the newborn was otherwise deemed eligible. The Medicaid-eligible parent of the newborn must comply with the following: 1. Enumeration – The parent/caretaker of a newborn must obtain an SSN for a newborn. Failure to enumerate the child results in a sanction against the parent/caretaker, not the child. The child will remain eligible even if lacking an SSN because of parent/caretaker's failure to cooperate. The sanction against the mother is loss of her eligibility for failure