{"data":{"id":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-3-142.3","jurisdiction":"us-ut","citation":"Utah Code § 26B-3-142.3","heading":"Citizenship requirements.","body":"(1) As used in this section, \"qualified citizen\" means a resident of the United States and meets at least one of the following criteria:\n(a) a citizen or national of the United States;\n(b) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence as an immigrant, as defined in 8 U.S.C. Secs. 1101(a)(15) and 1101(a)(20), excluding alien visitors, tourists, diplomats, students, or other individuals admitted temporarily without intent to abandon their residence in a foreign country;\n(c) an alien who has been granted the status of Cuban or Haitian entrant, as defined in Section 501(e) of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980;\n(d) an individual lawfully residing in the United States in accordance with a Compact of Free Association, as referenced in 8 U.S.C. Sec. 1612(b)(2)(G); or\n(e) a lawfully present child described in 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396b(v)(4).\n(2) Beginning on October 1, 2026, the department:\n(a) unless required by federal law, may not provide medical assistance to any individual unless that individual is a qualified citizen;\n(b) shall require that all income of ineligible household members of the applicant be included when calculating financial eligibility for Medicaid to the extent allowed under federal law;\n(c) shall include an immigration status on all presumptive eligibility applications submitted to the agency;\n(d) shall require hospitals, clinics, and other qualified entities conducting presumptive eligibility determinations to collect and transmit any attestation to the agency;\n(e) may not allow a presumptive eligibility application to be approved unless the applicant attests that the applicant is a qualified citizen; and\n(f) shall conduct regular cross-checks of applicant and enrollee information against federal databases, including the Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements program.","path":["Title 26B Utah Health and Human Services Code","Chapter 26B-3 Health Care - Administration and Assistance","Part 26B-3-1 Health Care Assistance"],"source_url":"https://le.utah.gov/xcode/Title26B/Chapter3/26B-3-S142.3.html","current_through":"2026 General Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T11:34:33Z","sha256":"9a94fa07f71f2ba4576e695fa9b61d4bcd61345753e63785652fa06a0fa31c87","source_id":"us-ut","stale":false,"prev":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-3-141","next":"us-ut/utah-code-26b-3-142.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}