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(5) A pending applicant for asylum under section 208(a) of the INA (8 U.S.C. § 1158) or for withholding of removal under section 241(b)(3) of the INA (8 U.S.C. § 1231) or under the Convention Against Torture who has been granted employment authorization, and such an applicant under the age of 14 who has had an application pending for at least 180 days;

(6) An alien who has been granted withholding of removal under the Convention Against Torture;

(7) A child who has a pending application for Special Immigrant Juvenile status as described in section 101(a)(27)(J) of the INA (8 U.S.C. § 1101(a)(27)(J));

(8) An alien who is lawfully present in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands under 48 U.S.C. § 1806(e); or

(9) An alien who is lawfully present in American Samoa under the immigration laws of American Samoa.

_____ The State elects the CHIPRA section 214 option for children up to age 19 _____ The State elects the CHIPRA section 214 option for pregnant women

through the 60-day postpartum period

4.1.10.1_____ The State provides assurance that for individuals whom it enrolls in

CHIP under the CHIPRA section 214 option that it has verified, both

at the time of the individual’s initial eligibility determination and at

the time of the eligibility redetermination, that the individual

continues to be lawfully residing in the United States. The State must

first attempt to verify this status using information provided at the

time of initial application. If the State cannot do so from the

information readily available, it must require the individual to

provide documentation or further evidence to verify satisfactory

immigration status in the same manner as it would for anyone else

claiming satisfactory immigration status under section 1137(d) of the

Act.