Current through August 30, 2024
(a) If the
department is unable to verify both identity and United States citizenship
through a data match with the United States Social Security Administration, an
applicant for Medicaid may verify both identity and United States citizenship
by submitting to the department
(1) a United
States passport that was issued by the United States Department of State
without limitation;
(2) a
certificate of naturalization from the United States Department of Homeland
Security;
(3) a certificate of
United States citizenship from the United States Department of Homeland
Security; or
(4) a document issued
by an Indian tribe that shows membership in, enrollment in, or affiliation with
that tribe; documentation may include a tribal enrollment card or certificate
of degree of Indian blood.
(b) If the department is unable to verify
United States citizenship through a data match with the United States Social
Security Administration, an applicant for Medicaid may verify United States
citizenship by submitting to the department one of the following documents:
(1) a United States birth certificate showing
birth in one of the following jurisdictions, except that this paragraph does
not apply to an applicant who was born to a foreign diplomat residing in a
jurisdiction listed in this paragraph:
(A)
one of the 50 states, or the District of Columbia;
(B) Puerto Rico, if the applicant was born on
or after January 13, 1941;
(C)
Guam, if the applicant was born on or after April 10, 1899;
(D) the United States Virgin Islands, if the
applicant was born on or after January 17, 1917;
(E) American Samoa or Swain's
Island;
(F) the Northern Mariana
Islands, if the applicant was born on or after November 4, 1986, N.M.I. local
time;
(2) a consular
report of birth abroad of a citizen of the United States of America, issued by
a United States consular office overseas;
(3) a certification of report of birth or
certification of birth issued by the United States Department of State to an
individual who was born outside the United States and acquired United States
citizenship at birth;
(4) a United
States citizen identification card, formerly issued by the United States
Immigration and Naturalization Service;
(5) a Northern Mariana identification card,
issued by the USCIS to a collectively naturalized citizen of the United States
who was born in the Northern Mariana Islands before November 4, 1986;
(6) an American Indian card issued by the
USCIS with a classification code "KIC" and a statement that denotes United
States citizenship for members of the Texas Band of Kickapoos living near the
United States - Mexican border;
(7)
a final adoption decree showing the child's name and United States place of
birth;
(8) evidence of United
States civil service employment before June 1, 1976;
(9) a United States military record or
similar document showing a United States place of birth.
(c) If the department determines that an
applicant is unable to submit verification of United States citizenship that
meets the requirements of (a) or (b) of this section, the department will
accept alternative verification that meets the requirements of
42 C.F.R.
435.407, revised as of July 12, 2006, and
adopted by reference.
(d) An
applicant for Medicaid may verify that applicant's identity by submitting to
the department one of the following documents:
(1) a driver's license issued by a state or
territory with a photograph of the applicant or other identifying information,
such as name, age, sex, race, height, weight, or eye color;
(2) an identification card issued by the
federal, a state, or a local government with a photograph of the applicant or
other identifying information, such as name, age, sex, race, height, weight, or
eye color;
(3) a certificate of
degree of Indian blood, or other American Indian or Alaska Native tribal
document, with a photograph of the individual or other identifying information,
such as name, age, sex, race, height, weight, or eye color;
(4) another school, military, or government
document acceptable to the department.
Authority:AS
47.05.010
AS 47.07.020
AS
47.07.040
