Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES SYSTEM
Title 477 - MEDICAID ELIGIBILITY
Chapter 5 - CITIZENSHIP/ALIEN STATUS AND IDENTITY
Section 477-5-007 - REPATRIATION PROGRAM
Current through September 17, 2024
The Repatriation Program provides temporary assistance, care, and treatment for up to 90 days for United States citizens or dependents of United States citizens who have returned from foreign countries. To qualify for repatriation assistance, the individual must be returned from a foreign country because he or she is destitute or ill or because of war, threat of war, or a similar crisis. A request must be made by the State Department to the United States Department of Health and Human Services to receive the individual in the United States and to provide the necessary care, treatment, and assistance. The assistance may include reception service, food, shelter, clothing, and transportation. It may also include payment for special services such as medical and psychiatric care. Any assistance provided through General Assistance or Emergency Assistance may be reimbursed through federal funds. Central Office will contact the appropriate local office on all arriving cases. If it appears the individual is eligible for another form of assistance, a referral must be made or an application for categorical assistance must be completed.
007.01 ELIGIBILITY PERIOD. Assistance may be provided for up to 90 days from the date the individual arrives in the United States. If the individual needs assistance beyond 90 days and is not eligible for Retirement, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (RSDI), Supplemental Security Income (SSI), or categorical assistance, the local office shall contact Central Office.
007.02 MEDICAL PAYMENTS. All payments for medical care must be made at rates no higher than those paid by Medicaid.
007.03 REPAYMENT. The individual is required to sign an agreement to repay the cost of the assistance provided.
