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IM agencies should pay for a birth certificate or state ID card before relying on a written affidavit. If there is an opportunity to obtain a document that meets the guidelines, then that should be pursued. However, when an applicant or member lacks any identity documentation needed to apply for a birth certificate or lacks any citizenship documentation to be able to apply for an ID card, it is appropriate to consider using a written affidavit for citizenship and/or identity. In order to obtain birth certificates or state ID cards for applicants or members, agencies need to follow the process outlined in Process Help Section 19.3.5.6 Agency Documentation Requests. 7.2.6 Reserved 7.2.7 Situations which Require Special Documentation Processing 7.2.7.1 Person Add A person being added to a case is subject to the verification requirement at the time of his or her request for benefits. If not exempt and citizenship is not verified by SSA, inform the applicant of the documentation requirement and give him or her the 95-day reasonable opportunity period to comply. Grant eligibility if the person is otherwise eligible. If documentation is not received timely, terminate Medicaid for that person only. 7.2.7.2 Reserved 7.2.7.3 Individuals without Verification and Effect on Household Eligibility IM workers should not delay an individual household member’s eligibility when awaiting another household members’ citizenship or identity verification. The individual pending for citizenship or identity should be counted as part of the group when determining eligibility for other group members. See Process Help Section 19.3.5.3 Automatically Populated Verification Codes and Acceptable Citizenship and Identity Documentation for processing instructions. 7.2.7.4 Child Citizenship Act of 2000 Certain foreign-born persons have derivative U.S. citizenship as a result of the Child Citizenship Act (CCA) (see SECTION 7.1.2 CHILD CITIZENSHIP ACT OF 2000). IM workers should not request citizenship documentation for persons claiming U.S. citizenship through the CCA. In these cases, IM workers must instead verify the U.S. citizenship of one parent. The parent’s U.S. citizenship is the basis for the child receiving derivative citizenship. The parent’s U.S. citizenship is considered evidence of the child’s citizenship only. The child must provide another document to verify their identity (see SECTION 7.2.4.3 EVIDENCE OF IDENTITY). 7.2.7.5 Non-U.S. Citizens IM agencies must not request or require citizenship verification from persons who have not declared that they are U.S. citizens. Non-U.S. citizens who apply for IM programs are not subject to citizenship verification policy. Documented non-U.S. citizens are subject to the verification process through Federal Data Services Hub (FDSH) and Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE), and undocumented non-U.S. citizens do not have any status that can be verified (see Process Help Section 19.2.1.12 Immigrant/Refugee Verification for instructions on using FDSH and Process Help Chapter 24.24 SAVE