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Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Obsolete Medicaid Eligibility Handbook For the current MEH, see http://www.emhandbooks.wi.gov/meh-ebd/ For the current BC Plus Handbook, see http://www.emhandbooks.wi.gov/bcplus/ |
Begin or continue benefits when:
The client provides requested verification within the specified time limits and is otherwise eligible.
Requested verification is mandatory, but the client does not have the power to produce the verification and s/he is otherwise eligible.
Notify the client of a processing delay when:
Verification is needed, and
S/he has the power to produce the verification, and
The minimum time period allowed for producing the verification has not passed.
CARES Client Assistance for Re-employment & Economic Support provides a verification checklist, to notify the client of the reason for the delay, the specific verification required, and the date the verification is due.
Deny or reduce benefits when all of the following are true:
The client has the power to produce the verification.
The time allowed to produce the verification has passed.
The client has been given adequate notice of the verification required.
You need the requested verification to determine current eligibility. Do not deny current eligibility because a client does not verify some past circumstance not affecting current eligibility.
This page last updated in Release Number: 03-02
Release Date: 04/01/03
Effective Date: 04/01/03