RMA is restricted to individuals who meet the eligibility requirements listed in this section:
  (1) meet immigration status and identification requirements in Subpart D of 45 CFR Part 400 and who can provide documentation of one of the following statuses from the Immigration and Naturalization Service:
    (A) paroled as a refugee or asylee under §212(d) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA);
    (B) admitted as a refugee under §207 of the INA;
    (C) granted asylum under §208 of the INA;
    (D) admitted as a Cuban or Haitian entrant in accordance with requirements in 45 CFR Part 401;
    (E) admitted as an Amerasian from Vietnam pursuant to Section 584 of the Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1988 (as contained in Section 101(e) of Public law 100-202 and amended by the ninth proviso under Migration and Refugee Assistance in Title II of the Foreign Operation, Export, Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Acts, 1989 (Public Law 100-461 as amended));
    (F) victims of a severe form of trafficking; or
    (G) designated as eligible by the director of the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR);
  (2) are within the prescribed eight-month RMA eligibility period as regulated by ORR;
  (3) are not full-time students in institutions of higher education, as defined by the director of ORR, unless enrollment is part of an individual's employability plan for a refugee under 45 CFR §400.79;
  (4) are ineligible for Medicaid, Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP), and state medical programs; and
  (5) have income less than or equal to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level after application of the methodology in Subchapter F of this chapter (relating to Modified Adjusted Gross Income Methodology).

Source Note: The provisions of this §375.503 adopted to be effective January 1, 2014, 38 TexReg 9480