12.3 Financial Eligibility for Migrant Workers

For migrant worker households that qualify for the simplified application procedure, the IM agency must not collect financial information nor apply any financial tests at application (see section 12.4.2 Simplified Application Procedure for Migrant Workers).

For migrant worker households that do not qualify for the simplified application procedure, regular financial eligibility rules are used, with one exception: annualized earned income must be used at application when determining their financial eligibility for BadgerCare Plus or Medicaid (see Section 12.4.3 Regular Application Procedure for Migrant Workers).

Annualized earned income is a prospective monthly estimate of earned income based on the estimated total gross annual earnings divided by 12. Annualized income can be based on the past 12 months of the migrant family's income if it is anticipated that last year's income is the best estimate of the current year's prospective income.

Annualized earned income must also be used at renewal for all BadgerCare Plus and Medicaid members who are migrant workers (see Section 12.5 Migrant Worker Renewals).

See Process Help section 20.1 Migrant Eligibility (Financial Processing) for financial processing instructions.

This page last updated in Release Number: 24-02
Release Date: 08/22/2024
Effective Date: 08/22/2024

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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