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MAGI-BASED ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PLAN (Insert Medicaid, CHIP, or Both) Medicaid & CHIP State: Utah 04/08/2016 last updated: Section D. Additional Verification Questions Question Response If paper documentation is required when a data source For factors that we do not accept self-attestation without additional verification, is not available or the information obtained from a data we will only ask for paper documentation when there is no electronic data source is not reasonably compatible with the available or when the electronic data is not reasonably compatible with client information provided by or on behalf of the individual, attestation and we have exhausted all other electronic data sources and briefly describe how the state determined that information from other agencies. 1 establishing and using an electronic data source was not effective, considering such factors as cost and program Agency also uses multiple back-up data sources for verification, prior to integrity in accordance with 42 CFR 435.952(c): reaching out to individual for paper. Please describe how the state uses PARIS? PARIS is accessed by eligibility workers at application and renewal. It is a data source in our eFind system. Workers sort through the old data and if we find 2 inconsistencies with the data we have on file the customer is asked to explain. PARIS is also used to verify current federal wages. 3 Please indicate (YES) or (NO) if the State intends to request Secretarial approval to solely use alternative data sources for financial verification other than those NO listed in 42 CFR 435.948 (Numbers 1-8 in Section B-1). If (YES), please submit a letter to CMS requesting such approval describing how the the state meets the following requirements: 1) Reduces administrative costs and burdens on both individuals and the State, 2) Maximizes accuracy and minimizes delay, 3) Meets the requirements related to confidentiality, disclosure, maintenance and use of information, and 4) Promotes coordination with other insurance affordability programs. MAGI-BASED ELIGIBILITY VERIFICATION PLAN SECTION D - Additional Verification Questions 17