Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 6, March 26, 2024
Federal law requires, as a condition of eligibility, that
each individual (including children) seeking medicaid furnish each of his or
her social security numbers (SSN).
A
HSD will advise the applicant of:
(1) the
statute or other authority under which the agency is requesting the applicant's
SSN; and
(2) the uses HSD will make
of each SSN, including its use for verifying income, eligibility, and amount of
medical assistance payments per
42 CFR 435.940
through
435.960.
B If an applicant cannot
recall his or her SSN or SSNs or has not been issued a SSN HSD will:
(1) assist the applicant in completing an
application for an SSN;
(2) obtain
evidence required under the social security administration (SSA) regulations to
establish the age, the citizenship or non-citizen status, and the true identity
of the applicant; and
(3) either
send the application to SSA or, if there is evidence that the applicant has
previously been issued a SSN, request SSA to furnish the number.
C HSD cannot deny or
delay services to an otherwise eligible individual pending issuance or
verification of the individual's SSN by SSA or if the individual meets one of
the exceptions in Paragraph (5) of Subsection A of 8.200.410.10 NMAC.
D HSD will verify the SSN furnished by an
applicant or beneficiary with SSA to ensure the SSN was issued to that
individual, and to determine whether any other SSNs were issued to that
individual.
E Exception:
(1) The requirement of Paragraph (3) of
Subsection A of 8.200.410.10 NMAC does not apply and HSD may give a medicaid
identification number to an individual who:
(a) is not eligible to receive an
SSN;
(b) does not have an SSN and
may only be issued an SSN for a valid non-work reason in accordance with
20 CFR
422.104; or
(c) refuses to obtain an SSN because of
well-established religious objections.
(2) The identification number may be either
an SSN obtained by HSD on the applicant's behalf or another unique
identifier.
(3) The term well
established religious objections means that the applicant;
(a) is a member of a recognized religious
sect or division of the sect; and
(b) adheres to the tenets or teachings of the
sect or division of the sect and for that reason is conscientiously opposed to
applying for or using a national identification number.
(4) HSD may use the medicaid identification
number established by HSD to the same extent as an SSN is used for purposes
described in Subparagraph (b) of Paragraph (1) of Subsection A of 8.200.410.
NMAC.
