ELG.003.044

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Definition	The date the five-year bar for an individual ends. Section 403 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) provides that certain immigrants who enter the United States on or after August 22, 1996 are not eligible to receive federally-funded benefits, including Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (Separate CHIP), for five years from the date they enter the country with a status as a "qualified noncitizen."
Size	9(8)
FLF Start Position	111
FLF Stop Position	118
Segment Key Field Identifier	Not Applicable
Coding Requirements	1. Conditional 2. (U.S. Citizen) value should not be populated when Immigration Status (ELG.003.042) equals "8"

RULE ID	RULE Definition
RULE-2053	If a segment is a variable demographics eligibility segment from an ELG file, then the immigration status five year end date value reported must be a valid date of the form CCYYMMDD.
RULE-2054	If a variable demographics eligibility segment has an immigration status equal to '8', then the immigration status five year bar end date is not populated.

Published Date	Data Guide Version	Data Element	Action	Field	Before	After
02/27/2025	3.34.0	ELG.003.044	UPDATE	Definition	The date the five-year bar for an individual ends. Section 403 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) provides that certain immigrants who enter the United States on or after August 22, 1996 are not eligible to receive federally-funded benefits, including Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (Separate CHIP), for five years from the date they enter the country with a status as a "qualified alien."	The date the five-year bar for an individual ends. Section 403 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA) provides that certain immigrants who enter the United States on or after August 22, 1996 are not eligible to receive federally-funded benefits, including Medicaid and the State Children's Health Insurance Program (Separate CHIP), for five years from the date they enter the country with a status as a "qualified noncitizen."
09/12/2024	3.29.0	ELG.003.044	UPDATE	Coding requirement	1. Conditional2. (U.S. Citizen) value should not be populated when Immigration Status (ELG.003.042) equals '8'	1. Conditional2. (U.S. Citizen) value should not be populated when Immigration Status (ELG.003.042) equals "8"
06/24/2022	3.0.0	IMMIGRATION-STATUS-FIVE-YEAR-BAR-END-DATE	UPDATE	Data Dictionary	DE No\|Data Element Name\|Definition\| CODING REQUIREMENT\| ELG044\|IMMIGRATION-STATUS-FIVE-YEAR-BAR-END-DATE\|\| 1.(GS) value must satisfy the requirements of End Date (CE) 2.(FD1) (U.S. Citizen) if associated Citizenship Indicator (ELG.003.040) value is '1', then value should not be populated 3.(FD1) (Non U.S. Citizen) if associated Citizenship Indicator (ELG.003.040) value is '0', then value should be populated 4.(N) conditional 5.(FD1) (U.S. Citizen) value should not be populated when Immigration Status (ELG.003.042) equals '8'	DE No\|Data Element Name\|Definition\| CODING REQUIREMENT\| ELG044\|IMMIGRATION-STATUS-FIVE-YEAR-BAR-END-DATE\|\| 1.(GS) value must satisfy the requirements of Date (CE) 2.(N) conditional 3.(FD1) (U.S. Citizen) value should not be populated when Immigration Status (ELG.003.042) equals '8'

IMMIGRATION-STATUS-FIVE-YEAR-BAR-END-DATE