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PUBLIC LAW 109–171—FEB. 8, 2006 or a failure to present proper documentation at the point-of-sale that is the basis of the claim, if— ‘‘(I) the claim is submitted by the State within the 3-year period beginning on the date on which the item or service was furnished; and ‘‘(II) any action by the State to enforce its rights with respect to such claim is commenced within 6 years of the State’s submission of such claim;’’. (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—Except as provided in section 6035(e), the amendments made by this section take effect on January 1, 2006. SEC. 6036. IMPROVED ENFORCEMENT OF DOCUMENTATION REQUIREMENTS.

(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1903 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1396b) is amended— (1) in subsection (i), as amended by section 104 of Public Law 109–91— (A) by striking ‘‘or’’ at the end of paragraph (20); (B) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (21) and inserting ‘‘; or’’; and (C) by inserting after paragraph (21) the following new paragraph: ‘‘(22) with respect to amounts expended for medical assistance for an individual who declares under section 1137(d)(1)(A) to be a citizen or national of the United States for purposes of establishing eligibility for benefits under this title, unless the requirement of subsection (x) is met.’’; and (2) by adding at the end the following new subsection: ‘‘(x)(1) For purposes of subsection (i)(23), the requirement of this subsection is, with respect to an individual declaring to be a citizen or national of the United States, that, subject to paragraph (2), there is presented satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality (as defined in paragraph (3)) of the individual. ‘‘(2) The requirement of paragraph (1) shall not apply to an alien who is eligible for medical assistance under this title— ‘‘(A) and is entitled to or enrolled for benefits under any part of title XVIII; ‘‘(B) on the basis of receiving supplemental security income benefits under title XVI; or ‘‘(C) on such other basis as the Secretary may specify under which satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality had been previously presented. ‘‘(3)(A) For purposes of this subsection, the term ‘satisfactory documentary evidence of citizenship or nationality’ means— ‘‘(i) any document described in subparagraph (B); or ‘‘(ii) a document described in subparagraph (C) and a document described in subparagraph (D). ‘‘(B) The following are documents described in this subparagraph: ‘‘(i) A United States passport. ‘‘(ii) Form N–550 or N–570 (Certificate of Naturalization). ‘‘(iii) Form N–560 or N–561 (Certificate of United States Citizenship). ‘‘(iv) A valid State-issued driver’s license or other identity document described in section 274A(b)(1)(D) of the Immigration

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