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Manual Title Chapter Page Revision Date Virginia Medical Assistance Eligibility M02 April 2021 Subchapter Subject Page ending with Page M0220.000 CITIZENSHIP & ALIEN REQUIREMENTS M0220.305 8a

M0220.305 ALIENS RECEIVING SSI

A. Policy An SSI recipient meets the Medicaid full benefit alien status requirements. Some SSI recipients who are aliens would have lost SSI and Medicaid eligibility. The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 restored SSI eligibility for certain groups of aliens: • a legal alien who was receiving SSI on August 22, 1996, may continue to receive SSI if he/she meets all other SSI eligibility requirements. • an alien who was blind or disabled on August 22, 1996, and who is residing legally in the U.S. may receive SSI in the future if he/she meets all other SSI eligibility requirements. • a legal alien who is receiving SSI for months after July 1996 on the basis of an SSI application filed before January 1, 1979, is exempted from the SSI legal alien requirements, and is eligible for SSI if he/she meets all other SSI eligibility requirements.