5011-3        QUALIFIED ALIENS

Medicaid eligibility for aliens is based on whether the alien is a “qualified” or “non-qualified” alien.  A “qualified” alien is defined as someone who, at the time of application for Medicaid, is:

1. A lawful permanent resident;
    

2. An asylee;
    

3. A refugee;
    

4. An alien who is a Cuban and Haitian entrant as defined in §501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;
    

5. An alien granted parole for at least one year by the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS);
    

6. An alien who has had deportation withheld under §243(h) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA Immigration and Nationality Act) as in effect prior to April 1, 1997; or §241(b)(3) of the INA Immigration and Nationality Act, as amended;
    

7. An alien granted conditional entry under immigration law in effect before April 1, 1980;
    

8. A battered spouse or child of a battered spouse of a U.S. citizen or permanent legal resident, and aliens protected under §1508 of the Violence against Women Act of 2000;
    

9. Victims of trafficking under the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000 (including certain family members of victims of a severe form of trafficking);
    

10. Non-citizen Native Americans as defined in §4(e) of the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act, 25 USC 450b(e) and §289 Native Americans.