[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 96 (Friday, May 17, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22508-22509]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-10211]


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DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY

[Docket No. DHS-2019-0013]


Privacy Act of 1974; Computer Matching Program

AGENCY: U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, Department of 
Homeland Security.

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ACTION: Notice of a re-established matching program.

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SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974, as amended by the 
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 and the Computer 
Matching and Privacy Protections Amendment of 1990 (Privacy Act), and 
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) guidance on the conduct of 
matching programs, notice is hereby given of the re-establishment of a 
matching program between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), 
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), and the California 
Department of Healthcare Services (CA-DHCS). CA-DHCS will match against 
DHS-USCIS data to verify the immigration status of non-U.S. citizens 
who apply for federal benefits (Benefit Applicants) under Medicaid 
programs that CA-DHCS administers to determine whether Benefit 
Applicants possess the requisite immigration status to be eligible for 
the Medicaid it administers.

DATES: Please submit comments on or before June 17, 2019. The matching 
program will be effective on June 17, 2019 unless comments have been 
received from interested members of the public that require 
modification and republication of the notice. The matching program will 
continue for 18 months from the beginning date and may be extended an 
additional 12 months if the conditions specified in 5 U.S.C. 
552a(o)(2)(D) have been met.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by docket number DHS-
2019-0013, by one of the following methods:
     Federal e-Rulemaking Portal: http://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow the instructions for submitting comments.
     Fax: 202-343-4010.
     Mail: Jonathan R. Cantor, Acting Chief Privacy Officer, 
Privacy Office, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528-
0655.
    Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name 
and docket number DHS-2019-0013. All comments received will be posted 
without change to http://www.regulations.gov, including any personal 
information provided.
    Docket: For access to the docket to read background documents or 
comments received, go to http://www.regulations.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about this 
matching program or obtain additional information about the program, 
including requesting a copy of the Computer Matching Agreement between 
DHS-USCIS and CA-DHCS, please contact Jonathan M. Mills, Acting Chief, 
USCIS SAVE Program at (202) 306-9874. For privacy questions, please 
contact Jonathan R. Cantor, (202) 343-1717, Acting Chief Privacy 
Officer, Department of Homeland Security, Washington, DC 20528-0655.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: DHS-USCIS provides this notice in accordance 
with the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended by the 
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988 (Pub. L. 100-503) 
and the Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Amendments of 1990 
(Pub. L. 101-508) (Privacy Act); Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
Final Guidance Interpreting the Provisions of Public Law 100-503, the 
Computer Matching and Privacy Protection Act of 1988, 54 FR 25818 (June 
19, 1989); and OMB Circular A-108, 81 FR 94424 (December 23, 2016).
    Participating Agencies: DHS-USCIS and CA-DHCS.
    Authority for Conducting the Matching Program: Section 121 of the 
Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA) of 1986, Public Law 99-603, 
as amended by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), Public Law 104-193, 110 Stat. 2168 
(1996), requires DHS to establish a system for the verification of 
immigration status of alien applicants for, or recipients of, certain 
types of benefits as specified within IRCA, and to make this system 
available to state agencies that administer such benefits. The Illegal 
Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (IIRIRA), 
Public Law 104-208, 110 State. 3009 (1996) grants federal, state, or 
local government agencies seeking to verify or ascertain the 
citizenship or immigration status of any individual within the 
jurisdiction of the agency with the authority to request such 
information from DHS-USCIS for any purpose authorized by law.
    Purpose: The purpose of this Agreement is to re-establish the terms 
and conditions governing CA-DHCS's access to, and use of, the DHS-USCIS 
Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements (SAVE) Program, which 
provides immigration status information from federal immigration 
records to authorized users. CA-DHCS will use the SAVE Program to 
verify the immigration status of non-U.S. citizens who apply for 
federal benefits (Benefit Applicants) under Medicaid programs that it 
administers. CA-DHCS will use the information obtained through the SAVE 
Program to determine whether Benefit Applicants possess the requisite 
immigration status to be eligible for the Medicaid administered by CA-
DHCS.
    Categories of Individuals: The individuals about whom DHS-USCIS 
maintains information, which is contained in its Verification 
Information System (VIS) database used by the SAVE Program to verify 
immigration status, that are involved in this matching program include 
aliens, those naturalized, and to the extent those that have applied 
for Certificates of Citizenship, derived U.S. citizens, on whom DHS-
USCIS has a record as an applicant, petitioner, sponsor, or 
beneficiary. The individuals about whom CA-DHCS maintains information 
that is involved in this matching program include non-citizen Benefit 
Applicants for, or recipients of, Medicaid administered by CA-DHCS.
    Categories of Records: The categories of records involved in the 
data match from CA-DHCS records include information about those 
individuals who have applied for or are eligible for Medicaid 
administered by CA-DHCS. Specifically, data elements may include: Alien 
Registration Number (also referred to as USCIS Number); I-94 Number; 
Full name; Date of Birth; Nationality; and U.S. Social Security number. 
Data elements contained within DHS-USCIS's records to be matched with 
the CA-DHCS data may consist of the following: Alien Registration 
Number; Full name; Country of Birth (not nationality); U.S. Social 
Security number (if available); Date of Entry; Immigration Status Data; 
Sponsorship Data; and Document Grant Date. For those individuals for 
whom DHS-USCIS has a record that matches a record in CA-DHCS's 
holdings, DHS-USCIS will provide CA-DHCS the following information: 
Alien Registration Number; Full name; Date of Birth; Country of Birth 
(not nationality); Date of Entry; Additional biographical data; 
Immigration Status Data; and Employment Eligibility Data.
    System of Records: DHS/USCIS-004 Systematic Alien Verification for 
Entitlements (SAVE) System of Records Notice, 81 FR 78619 (Nov. 8, 
2016).

Jonathan R. Cantor,
Acting Chief Privacy Officer, Department of Homeland Security.
[FR Doc. 2019-10211 Filed 5-16-19; 8:45 am]
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