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State of California – Health and Human Services Agency

Department of Health Care Services

Proof of Citizenship and Identity Requirements

For Children who are U.S. Citizens or Nationals

Filling out the Healthy Families/Medi-Cal Joint Application

If your child is not a U.S. citizen, this law does not apply to the child.

Your county Medi-Cal office is reviewing your child’s application. During this time, your child is covered by

Medi-Cal. To continue receiving full-scope Medi-Cal, your county office will need to obtain proof of citizenship

and proof of identity for your child. Read below to learn more.

Do all children have to show proof of

If the county gets my child’s birth record, do

citizenship and identity?

I still need to provide proof of identity?

No. These children do not have to provide proof:

If your child is under 16 and you have filled out and

• A child with:

signed the Healthy Families/Medi-Cal joint

– Supplemental Security Income (SSI)

application with your child’s date and place of birth,

– Medicare

you do not need to provide proof of identity. (The

– Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI)

signed application is proof of your child’s identity.)

– Social Security Retirement and Survivors

What if my child is 16 or older?

Insurance (RSI – Title II) based on their own

Children who are 16 or older must provide proof of

disability

citizenship and proof of identity. See page 2.

• A child under 21 asking for Minor Consent

Services

Do you need the original citizenship or

• Babies born to women on Medi-Cal

identity documents?

• Children in Foster Care, Adoption Assistance, or

Yes. The county office needs the original citizenship

Kin-GAP

and identity documents, or copies that have been

• Babies in the Abandoned Baby Program

certified by the issuing agency.

• CalWORKs Beneficiaries

Can I mail my proof of citizenship or identity?

What if my child is not a U.S. citizen?

Yes. The county will make copies and mail the

If your child is not a U.S. citizen or national, you only

originals back to you. Or, you can take your

need to provide the same documents that were

documents to your local social services office. Ask

required before. Nothing has changed.

them to make copies and give them back right away.

U.S. nationals include people born in American

Do I have to provide proof of citizenship or

Samoa (including Swains Island) and certain people

identity more than once?

from the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana

Islands.

No. You only have to provide proof of citizenship and

identity once.

What if I do not have proof of my child’s

What If I paid for medical or dental care for

citizenship?

my child while getting proof of citizenship

If your child was born in California, your county office

and identity?

may be able to get a birth record. (A birth record is

proof of citizenship.)

If you incurred health costs while getting your child’s

citizenship and identity documents, Medi-Cal may

Fill out a Request for California Birth Record form.

pay for bills. Call Beneficiary Services at the

Then, mail or take this form to your local social

Department of Health Care Services for answers to

services office. If a birth record cannot be found, you

your questions: (916) 403-2007

will need to provide another proof of citizenship. See

page 2 for list of acceptable documents.

Ask your county about getting proof of citizenship if

your child was not born in California. Contact the

county to see if they have found a birth record match

for your child before you pay for a birth certificate.

DHCS 0008 (01/08)

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Form Dhcs 0008 - California Proof Of Citizenship And Identity Requirements - Health And Human Services Agency

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