New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 10 - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 71 - MEDICAID ONLY
Subchapter 3 - ELIGIBILITY FACTORS
Section 10:71-3.1 - General provisions
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 10:71-3.1
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) Eligibility must be established in relation to each legal requirement to provide a valid basis for granting or denying medical assistance.
(b) The applicant's statements regarding his/her eligibility, as set forth in the application form, are evidence. The statements must be consistent and meet prudent tests of credibility. Incomplete or questionable statements shall be supplemented and substantiated by corroborative evidence from other pertinent sources, either documentary or nondocumentary:
1. Documentary sources of
evidence present factual information recorded at some previous date by a
disinterested party and filed as part of a record. Examples: certificates,
legal papers, insurance policies, licenses, bills, receipts, notices of RSDI
benefits, and so forth.
2.
Nondocumentary sources of evidence are factual oral statements which appear to
be reliable by individuals, based on the observation and personal knowledge of
applicant's circumstances.
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