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Families and Children Manual Section: Non-Financial Eligibility Requirements Policy Manual Number: 005.010 Chapter: Citizenship and Immigration
has a photograph or other identifying information including, but not limited to, name, age, sex, race, height, weight, eye color, or address: a. A driver’s license issued by a state or territory; b. A school identification card; c. A voter’s registration card; d. A U.S. military card or draft record; e. An identification card issued by the federal, state or local government; f. A military dependent’s identification card; g. A U.S. Coast Guard Merchant Mariner card; h. For children under age 19, a clinic, doctor, hospital, or school record, including preschool or day care records; and i. Two documents containing consistent information that corroborates an applicant’s identity. Such documents include, but are not limited to, employer identification cards, high school and college diplomas (including high school equivalency diplomas), marriage certificates, divorce decrees, and property deed or titles.
2. Finding of identity from a federal or state governmental agency. TennCare may accept as proof of identity a finding of identity from a federal agency or another state agency, including, but not limited to, a public assistance, law enforcement, internal revenue or tax bureau, or corrections agency, if the agency has verified and certified the identity of the individual.
3. If the applicant does not have any documents listed in this section and identity is not verified by another agency, the applicant may submit an affidavit signed, under penalty of perjury, by another person who can reasonably attest to the applicant’s identity. Such affidavit must contain the applicant’s name and other identifying information. The affidavit does not have to be notarized.
iv. Verification of citizenship by a federal agency or another state
TennCare may rely, without further documentation of citizenship or identity, on a verification of citizenship made by a federal agency or another state agency, if such verification was done on or after July 1, 2006.
v. Assistance with obtaining documentation
The state must provide assistance to applicants who need assistance in securing satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship in a timely manner.
d. Documentary Evidence of Immigration Status
When unable to verify immigration status using electronic data sources, the applicant must promptly provide satisfactory documentary evidence of immigration status. The United States