25.0 Special Status Medicaid Introduction

Federal provisions require DHS to continue to consider specified groups of former SSI beneficiaries as SSI beneficiaries for Medicaid purposes, as long as they would otherwise be eligible for SSI payments “but for” the income disregards required to be given in each special status group.

These “special status” Medicaid groups include the following:

503 cases (see Section 25.1 "503" Eligibility)
DAC (see Section 25.2 Disabled Adult Child)
Widows and widowers (see Section 25.3 Widows and Widowers)
1619 cases (see Section 25.5 1619 Cases)

When determining the eligibility for Special Status Medicaid applicants and members, the appropriate COLA and OASDI income disregards, as described in the policy for each group, must be given.

Each Special Status Medicaid group has a specific set of requirements that must be met before the member can be considered a Special Status MA member (see sections listed above). Simply losing SSI or receiving a DAC or Widow/Widower payment does not automatically qualify a member for a Special Status disregard.

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