Prohibiting enrollment in the Medicaid program prior to verification of citizenship or satisfactory immigration status; ensuring eligibility

Section 1902(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)) is amended— (1) in paragraph (86), by striking and at the end; (2) in paragraph (87), by striking the period and inserting a semicolon; and (3) by inserting after paragraph (87) the following new paragraphs: (88) provide that no individual is enrolled under such plan (or under a waiver of such plan) prior to the date that such State verifies that such individual is a citizen or national of the United States or an individual in satisfactory immigration status (as defined in section 1137(d)(1)); and (89) provide that, in the case of an individual enrolled under such plan (or under a waiver of such plan) whose eligibility is based in part by reference to the income of such individual (as determined under subsection (e)(14)), the eligibility of such individual is verified not less frequently than quarterly..