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State of Wisconsin |
Release 24-02 |
Collateral contacts consist of oral confirmations of circumstances by persons other than members of the health care assistance group. A collateral contact may be made either in person or over the telephone.
Wisconsin Stats. 49.78(11) allows DHS, consortia, county, and tribal IM agencies to request third-party cooperation from any person in Wisconsin in the verification of data. Third parties are obligated in the law to provide information within seven days of the request. No compensation to the third party is required, and the lack of compensation is not a valid reason for the third party to refuse to cooperate. The law also provides protections to third parties for providing any information requested by IM agencies otherwise allowed by law.
| Note | Failure of a third party to provide may not result in any loss or denial of eligibility for a member or applicant. |
This page last updated in Release Number: 22-01
Release Date: 04/04/2022
Effective Date: 04/04/2022
The information concerning the BadgerCare Plus program provided in this handbook release is published in accordance with: Titles XI, XIX and XXI of the Social Security Act; Parts 430 through 481 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; Chapter 49 of the Wisconsin Statutes; and Chapters HA 3, DHS 2 and 101 through 109 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.
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