DHS 103.08(1)(1)
Date. Except as provided in subs.
(2) to
(5), eligibility shall begin on the date on which all eligibility requirements were met, but no earlier than the first day of the month 3 months prior to the month of application. Retroactive eligibility of up to 3 months may occur even though the applicant is found ineligible in the month of application.
DHS 103.08(2)(a)1.1. The spend-down period shall begin on the first day of the month in which all eligibility factors except income were met, but no earlier than the first day of the month 3 months prior to the month of application. However, at the recipient's option, it may begin on the first day of any of the 3 months prior to the date of application if all eligibility factors, except income, were met in that month. A recipient's decision to choose an optional beginning date shall be recorded in the agency's case record. For persons who previously received MA and then reapply, the spend-down period cannot cover the time during which they were receiving MA.
DHS 103.08(2)(a)2.
2. The AFDC-related or SSI-related MA group shall be eligible as of the date within the spend-down period on which the expenditure of excess income or the obligation to expend excess income is achieved.
DHS 103.08(2)(a)3.
3. The applicant shall be responsible for some bills or parts of bills for services received on the first day of eligibility if there is remaining unspent and unobligated excess income on that day.
DHS 103.08(2)(b)
(b) If the amount of the monthly excess income changes before the expenditure or obligation of excess income is achieved, the expenditure or obligation of excess income for the remainder of the 6–month period shall be recalculated. When the size of the AFDC-related or SSI-related MA group changes, the monthly income limit shall be adjusted appropriately to the size of the new group, and the amount of excess income to be expended or obligated shall be adjusted accordingly. If any change is reported that may affect eligibility, the eligibility of the entire AFDC-related or SSI-related MA group may be redetermined and, if there is determined to be excess income, a new spend–down period shall be established.
DHS 103.08(2)(c)1.1. Once the expenditure or obligation of excess income has been achieved, the AFDC-related or SSI-related MA group shall be eligible for the balance of the 6–month spend–down period, unless it is determined that assets have increased enough to make the MA group ineligible, or that a change in circumstances has caused someone in the MA group to become ineligible for non-financial reasons.
DHS 103.08(2)(c)2.
2. If the entire group is determined ineligible, the MA benefits shall be discontinued with proper notice. If only one person in the MA group is determined ineligible for non-financial reasons, only that person's AFDC-related or SSI-related MA benefits shall, with proper notice, be discontinued. The other person or persons in the MA group continue their eligibility until the end of the 6–month period.
DHS 103.08(2)(c)3.
3. If the size of the MA group increases due to the addition of a child, that child is eligible for benefits during the rest of the spend–down period. An adult caretaker who enters the AFDC-related or SSI-related MA group, except a woman who is medically verified as pregnant or a person who is SSI–related, is not eligible for benefits during the remainder of the spend–down period.
DHS 103.08(3)
(3)
Presumptive disability cases. If, in a presumptive disability case, the applicant meets all other conditions for eligibility, MA benefits shall begin on the date the presumptive disability finding is made and shall continue at least until the official disability determination is completed. Presumptive disability eligibility shall not be granted retroactively. MA benefits based on presumptive disability shall not be continued pending an appeal of a negative official disability determination.
DHS 103.08(4)
(4)
Pregnancy-related MA cases. For pregnancy-related cases pursuant to ss.
49.46 (1) (a) 1m. and
9. and
49.47 (4) (ag) 2. and
(am) 1., Stats., eligibility shall begin on the date pregnancy is verified or the date of application, whichever is earlier, but eligibility may only be backdated as provided under sub.
(1).
DHS 103.08(5)
(5)
BadgerCare cases. Eligibility for BadgerCare shall begin on the first day of the month in which all eligibility requirements are met, but no earlier than the first day of the month of application.
DHS 103.08 History
History: Cr.
Register, February, 1986, No. 362, eff. 3-1-86; am. (4),
Register, March, 1993, No. 447, eff. 4-1-93; emerg. am. (1), (2) (a) 2., (b) and (c), eff. 7-1-99; am. (1), (2) (a) 2., (b) and (c) and cr. (5),
Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00; correction in (4) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register December 2008 No. 636;
CR 21-067: am. (2) (c) 1., 2.
Register March 2022 No. 795, eff. 4-1-22, am. (2) (c) 1., 2. eff.the first day of the month after the emergency period, as defined in
42 USC 1320b-5 (g) (1) (B) and declared in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, ends; correction in (2) (c) 2. made under s.
35.17, Stats.,
Register March 2022 No. 795.
DHS 103.085
DHS 103.085 Conditions for continuation of eligibility for BadgerCare. DHS 103.085(1)(a)(a)
Authority. Subject to s.
49.665 (5), Stats., and this section, a group eligible for BadgerCare may be required to pay a premium.
DHS 103.085(1)(b)1.1. A group eligible for BadgerCare with budgetable income at or below 150% of the poverty line is not required to pay a premium toward the cost of the health care coverage.
DHS 103.085(1)(b)2.
2. Except as provided in subd.
3. or
4., a group eligible for BadgerCare with budgetable income above 150% of the poverty line shall pay a premium toward the cost of the health care coverage.
DHS 103.085(1)(b)3.
3. A BadgerCare applicant group does not owe a premium for the first month of BadgerCare unless a member of the BadgerCare fiscal test group was an MA recipient in the previous month.
DHS 103.085(1)(b)4.
4. A BadgerCare applicant group does not owe a premium for the first month of BadgerCare unless a member of the BadgerCare fiscal test group was a BadgerCare recipient in the previous 12 months.
DHS 103.085(1)(c)
(c) Amounts. A group eligible for BadgerCare required under this subsection to pay a premium shall pay the amount indicated in the schedule provided in Table 103.085. Income shall be determined according to s.
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DHS 103.085(1)(d)1.1. A group otherwise eligible for BadgerCare that is required to pay a premium under this section shall pay the premium amount in full to the agency before the agency may certify the group's initial eligibility for BadgerCare.
DHS 103.085(1)(d)2.
2. Premiums are due by the 10th of the month prior to the month for which the premium is required.
DHS 103.085(1)(d)3.
3. If no payment is received by the end of the month for which the premium is required, the department shall terminate the group's eligibility for BadgerCare, effective at the end of the month.
DHS 103.085(1)(d)4.
4. The department shall allow a variety of premium payment methods. A group may choose one of the following methods for premium payment:
DHS 103.085(1)(d)5.
5. A group may pay premiums in advance for more than one month, but only for months in the group's BadgerCare eligibility period.
DHS 103.085(1)(e)
(e) Refunds. The department shall issue a refund for a premium which has been paid in advance when the premium is for one of the following:
DHS 103.085(1)(e)2.
2. A month that the group's budgetable income drops to or below 150% of the poverty line and the change in income that brought the group's budgetable income to or below 150% of the poverty line was reported within 10 days of the date the change occurred.
DHS 103.085(1)(e)3.
3. A month which requires a lower premium amount due to a change in circumstances which was in effect for the entire month so long as the change was reported within 10 days of the date it occurred. In a case where the change was not reported within 10 days of the date it occurred, the effective date of the lower premium amount due is the first day of the month in which the change was reported.
DHS 103.085(1)(f)
(f)
Consequence of failure to pay BadgerCare premiums. A group required to pay a premium shall be ineligible for re-enrollment for the period specified in sub.
(3) when the group fails to pay its premium within the time specified in par.
(d).
DHS 103.085(2)(a)(a)
Termination of benefits. Except as provided in par.
(b), a group eligible for BadgerCare and required under sub.
(1) to pay a premium shall be subject to re-enrollment restrictions under sub.
(3) when that group voluntarily terminates BadgerCare eligibility.
DHS 103.085(2)(b)
(b) Reasons for quitting BadgerCare. A group that quits BadgerCare shall not be subject to a restrictive re-enrollment period if the group requests termination of BadgerCare for one of the following reasons:
DHS 103.085(2)(b)2.
2. No one in the BadgerCare group remains non-financially eligible for BadgerCare.
DHS 103.085(2)(b)3.
3. A member of the BadgerCare group is starting employment that provides health care benefits.
DHS 103.085(2)(b)4.
4. Other health insurance coverage has become available to the BadgerCare group.
DHS 103.085(2)(b)5.
5. Any other reason, as determined by the department, not related to payment of the premium.
DHS 103.085(3)(a)(a)
Period of ineligibility. A BadgerCare group that fails to make a premium payment under sub.
(1) or quits BadgerCare under sub.
(2) is not eligible for BadgerCare for a period of at least 6 consecutive calendar months following the date that BadgerCare eligibility ends, unless one of the circumstances in par.
(b) applies. Eligibility is restored as described in par.
(c). After 6 calendar months, the group shall be eligible for BadgerCare only if all past premiums due are paid in full or 12 calendar months have passed after the expiration of BadgerCare eligibility, whichever is sooner.
DHS 103.085(3)(b)
(b)
Reasons restriction on re-enrollment may not apply. The restriction on re-enrollment under this section does not apply if the failure to pay premiums was due to a circumstance beyond the group's control, provided that all past due premiums have been paid in full. A circumstance beyond the group's control includes any of the following:
DHS 103.085(3)(b)1.
1. A problem with an electronic funds transfer from a bank account to the BadgerCare program.
DHS 103.085(3)(b)4.
4. Any other circumstance affecting payment of the premium which the department determines is beyond the group's control, but not including insufficient funds.
DHS 103.085(3)(c)
(c)
Resuming BadgerCare eligibility. Eligibility for BadgerCare shall resume in the following manner for persons with a re-enrollment restriction that ended due to a reason described in par.
(b):
DHS 103.085(3)(c)1.
1. For a BadgerCare group with a reason under par.
(b) 1. for the re-enrollment restriction not to apply, BadgerCare eligibility shall be restored for any months that the group had been closed during the restriction period, provided that payment of any outstanding premiums owed is made and the group was otherwise eligible for BadgerCare in those months.
DHS 103.085(3)(c)2.
2. For a BadgerCare group with a reason under par.
(b) 2. for the re-enrollment restriction not to apply, the restriction on re-enrollment shall not apply to the remainder of the 6-month period. Beginning the first of the month after the adult has been out of the home for 30 days, the group may again be eligible for BadgerCare, provided that payment of any outstanding premiums owed is made and the group is otherwise eligible. The BadgerCare group remains ineligible for any prior months when the restriction on re-enrollment was in effect.
DHS 103.085(4)
(4)
Enroll in available employer-subsidized health plan. DHS 103.085(4)(a)(a) A BadgerCare recipient is ineligible for BadgerCare when one of the following fail to enroll in an available employer-subsidized health care coverage:
DHS 103.085(4)(a)3.
3. The recipient's parent, step-parent or other caretaker relative residing with the recipient, when the recipient is under 19 years of age.
DHS 103.085(4)(b)
(b) Except as provided in par.
(c), the recipient is ineligible for BadgerCare effective on the first day of the month that the employer-subsidized health care coverage would have been in effect for the recipient if the family had been enrolled in the plan. The individual remains ineligible for each month that coverage would have been available up to 19 months from the month the failure to enroll in the plan occurred.
DHS 103.085(4)(c)
(c) Paragraph
(b) does not apply if there was coverage and it ended for a good cause reason. A good cause reason is any of the following:
DHS 103.085(4)(c)2.
2. The person changed to a new employer that does not offer family coverage.
DHS 103.085(4)(c)3.
3. The person's employer discontinued health plan coverage for all employees.
DHS 103.085(4)(c)4.
4. Any other reason determined by the department to be a good cause reason.
DHS 103.085(5)
(5)
Cooperation with buy-in to a group health insurance plan. An adult in a group eligible for BadgerCare shall cooperate when the department determines whether it is cost-effective to purchase coverage for the group in an employer's group health insurance plan under s.
DHS 108.02 (13). In this subsection, “cooperation" means providing necessary information in order to determine cost effectiveness, signing up with the plan when requested by the department and cooperating with any other requirements of the health insurance plan. A person who fails or refuses to cooperate with buy-in is not eligible for BadgerCare.
DHS 103.085 History
History: Emerg. cr. eff. 7-1-99; cr.
Register, March, 2000, No. 531, eff. 4-1-00; correction in (5) made under s.
13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats.,
Register December 2008 No. 636;
CR 20-039: renum. (3) (b) (intro.) and 1. to (3) (b) (intro.) and am., r. (3) (b) 2., (6)
Register October 2021 No. 790, eff. 11-1-21.
DHS 103.087
DHS 103.087 Conditions for continuation of eligibility. DHS 103.087(1)(a)(a)
Authority. Subject to this section and s.
49.472, Stats., a person eligible for the medicaid purchase plan shall pay a monthly premium.
DHS 103.087(1)(b)1.1. An applicant or recipient eligible for the medicaid purchase plan whose total earned and unearned income is at or above 150% of the poverty line for the applicable household size shall pay a monthly premium and the applicant shall pay all retroactive premium amounts assessed or other premium payments due.
DHS 103.087(1)(b)2.
2. An applicant or recipient eligible for the medicaid purchase plan whose total earned and unearned income is below 150% of the poverty line for the applicable household size need not pay a monthly premium.
DHS 103.087(1)(b)3.
3. An applicant or recipient eligible for the medicaid purchase plan whose premium, calculated as described in par.
(c), is greater than $10.00 shall pay a premium for the cost of the health care coverage offered under the medicaid purchase plan.
DHS 103.087(1)(c)1.1. An applicant or recipient eligible for the medicaid purchase plan shall pay a monthly premium in accordance with this subsection and the premium schedule in Table 103.087.
DHS 103.087(1)(c)2.
2. The county agency shall determine the amount of the premium an applicant shall pay according to the guidelines described in this subsection at the time of application.
DHS 103.087(1)(c)3.
3. All earned and unearned sources of income available to the applicant or recipient, except for the interest, dividends or other gains accrued from a recipient's independence account, shall be used in the premium determination.
DHS 103.087(1)(c)4.
4. The applicant's or recipient's monthly premium shall be calculated by locating the sum of the monthly adjusted unearned income plus the monthly adjusted earned income on the premium schedule in Table 103.087.
DHS 103.087(1)(d)1.
1. An applicant's or recipient's monthly adjusted unearned income shall be calculated by subtracting the monthly income disregards in subd.
1. a. to
c. from 100% of the applicant's or recipient's gross monthly countable unearned income.
DHS 103.087(1)(d)1.a.
a. The allowance shall be equal to the sum of the monthly federal supplemental security income cash benefit, the monthly state supplemental security cash benefit, and $20, rounded to the nearest dollar.
DHS 103.087(1)(d)1.b.
b. To be claimed as a monthly income disregard, the cost may not have been claimed by the applicant or recipient under any other medicaid purchase plan income disregard.
DHS 103.087(1)(d)1.c.
c. To be claimed as a monthly income disregard, the cost may not have been claimed by the applicant or recipient under any other medicaid purchase plan income disregard.
DHS 103.087(1)(d)2.
2. If the applicant or recipient has monthly unearned income equal to $0, the monthly income disregards described in subd.
1. a. to
c. apply to the applicant's or recipient's gross monthly earned income. If the applicant or recipient has monthly income disregards greater than his or her monthly unearned income, the difference shall be applied as a deduction to the applicant's or recipient's monthly earned income.
DHS 103.087(1)(e)
(e)
Calculating monthly adjusted earned income. An applicant's or recipient's monthly adjusted earned income shall be 3% of the applicant's or recipient's gross monthly earned income after the amount of any monthly income disregards greater than the applicant's or recipient's total unearned income have been subtracted.
