State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services

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The policy on this page is from a previous version of the handbook. 

25.6 Katie Beckett

The Katie Beckett program tests qualified blind and/or disabled minors for Medicaid.  It does not deem assets and income from the natural or adoptive parents.

 

To qualify under the Katie Beckett program a blind or disabled minorA minor is a person less than age 18. :

1. Must require a level of care provided in a hospital, Skilled Nursing Facility (SNFSkilled Nursing Facility), or Intermediate Care Facility (ICFIntermediate Care Facility), and

2. Can appropriately receive this care in his or her home, and

3. Would be non-financially eligible for Medicaid if he or she were in a hospital, SNF, or ICF.

 

If a minor child meets these requirements and if the parent wants him or her to remain in the home, contact:

 

Katie Beckett Program

Division of Long Term Care

Bureau of Long-Term Support

1 West Wilson Street, Room 418

Madison, WI 53707

 

Telephone (608) 266-3236

 

 

This page last updated in Release Number: 11-03

Release Date: 10/13/11

Effective Date: 10/13/11

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The information concerning the Medicaid program provided in this handbook release is published in accordance with: Titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act; Parts 430 through 481 of Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations; Chapters 46 and 49 of the Wisconsin Statutes; and Chapters HA 3, DHS 2, 10 and 101 through 109 of the Wisconsin Administrative Code.

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Publication Number: P-10030