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When Christine Yano got to her vaccination site, she came armed with proof of eligibility.

But workers at the site denied her the shot. The letters, they said, could be fake.

“They basically said, ‘Try somewhere else, we’re not taking you,’” she said.
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Though only 33 years old, Yano qualified because she is the mother of 15-month-old triplets with chronic lung disease.

She showed staffers a letter from the Department of Developmental Services, and another from one of the agency’s regional centers.
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In her arms, she held a stack of medical records that offered more proof, including a prescription for her children’s oxygen.

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As California prepares to open up eligibility to millions of people with disabilities or underlying health conditions, confusion over paperwork could become a big problem at the front of the vaccine line.

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State and local officials have yet to establish what documents will be needed, or a straightforward way to sort phony documents from real ones.

At vaccine sites staffers have routinely encountered people using forged documents to try to get shots. latimes.com/california/sto…

But it gets more complicated for families like the Yanos who are vaccine eligible as healthcare workers, under the category of caregiver.
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For verification, they need a letter from the developmental services agency & another from one of its regional centers

But problems emerged after copies of the letters began circulating among those who weren’t vaccine eligible.

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