Section 210-RICR-40-00-2.5 - Beneficiary ResponsibilitiesA. Medicaid beneficiaries must provide accurate and complete information about any eligibility factors subject to change at the time of the application and annual renewal. Accordingly: 1. Consent - At the time of the initial application or first renewal, Medicaid beneficiaries are required to provide the State with consent to retrieve and review any information not currently on record pertaining to the eligibility factors subject to change through electronic data matches conducted through the State's eligibility system. Once such consent is provided, the Medicaid agency may retrieve and review such information when conducting all subsequent annual renewals.2. Duty to Report - Medicaid beneficiaries are required to report changes in eligibility factors to the Medicaid agency within ten (10) days from the date the change takes effect. Self- reports are permitted through the eligibility system consumer self-service portal as well as in person, via fax, or mail. Failure to report in a timely manner may result in the discontinuation of Medicaid eligibility.3. Cooperation - Medicaid members must provide any documentation that otherwise cannot be obtained related to any eligibility factors subject to change when requested by the Medicaid agency. The information must be provided within the timeframe specified by the Medicaid agency in the notice to the Medicaid member stating the basis for making the agency's request.4. Voluntary Termination - A Medicaid beneficiary may request to be disenrolled from a Medicaid health plan or to terminate Medicaid eligibility at any time. Such requests must be made in writing and preferably two (2) weeks prior to the date of disrenrollment or the date a beneficiary seeks to end eligibility.5. Reliable Information - Medicaid applicants and beneficiaries must sign under the penalty of perjury that all information provided at the time of application and any annual renewals thereafter is accurate and truthful.6. Change of Service Delivery Options - Medicaid beneficiaries may change Medicaid health plans during the annual open enrollment period. Notice of the open enrollment period is provided to beneficiaries at least thirty (30) days prior to the date the period begins. Beneficiaries may also request to change service delivery options at any other time in accordance with the procedures set forth in Subchapter 10 Part 1 of this Chapter, or if MACC group eligible, Medicaid Code of Administrative Rules, RIte Care Program, Rhody Health Program, Enrollment, and RIte Share Program.7. Alternative forms of Benefits/Assistance - Applicants and beneficiaries must, as a condition of eligibility, take any necessary steps to obtain annuities, pensions, retirement and disability benefits along with any other forms of assistance available for support and maintenance that may be identified by the agency, in writing, in accordance with Medicaid Code of Administrative Rules Cooperation Requirements. Good cause exceptions are considered when requested in writing.210 R.I. Code R. 210-RICR-40-00-2.5