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2. Applicant Rights and Responsibilities – All applicants have the following: a. Applicant Rights – The right to obtain help in completing forms; to an interpreter or translator, upon request; to be treated free from discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity or sexual orientation, age or disability; to have personal information remain confidential; and to file an appeal and request a hearing on eligibility actions. b. Applicant Responsibilities – The responsibility to: (1) Disclose certain information including Social Security Numbers and proof necessary to determine eligibility; (2) Report changes in income, family size and other application information as soon as possible; and (3) Sign the application and thereby agree to comply with any applicable laws related to the type of eligibility requested and the coverage received. 3.2 Renewal of Eligibility for Medicaid Affordable Care Coverage Groups 3.2.1 Scope and Purpose A. All MACC group members are subject to MAGI-based renewals, focusing on the eligibility factors subject to change. Such factors include changes in income, household composition or family size (due to death, marital status, birth or adoption of child), and/or State residency. Children who are determined eligible for Medicaid will receive one (1) year of continuous eligibility (CE). Disenrollments for any reason that are followed by requests for eligibility reinstatements are also subject to this process for members of the MACC groups. 3.2.2 Responsibilities of the State A. The State is responsible to ensure that the Medicaid renewal process occurs once every twelve (12) months for all MACC group members. Towards this end, the State must meet the following requirements: 1. Basis of Renewal – The eligibility renewal must be based on information already available to the State to the full extent feasible. Accordingly, the State must use information about the Medicaid member from reliable sources including, but not limited to, the member’s automated eligibility account, current paper records, or data bases that may be accessed through the Federal data hub or the State’s own affordable care coverage eligibility system.