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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/ |
5.16.14.1 Requesting a Hearing
SC applicants, participants or representatives may file an appeal by writing to the Division of Hearings and Appeals (DHA) when one of the following occurs and the action is not the result of a general program policy change:
An application is denied, or the person is denied the right to apply.
An application is not acted upon within thirty calendar days.
A participant believes that the benefits s/he received, or the initial eligibility date of program benefits were not properly determined.
Program benefits are reduced, discontinued, suspended, or terminated.
An appeal may result in a hearing.
The SC applicant or participant, or his/her representative, may request a hearing. The request for a hearing must be made in writing to the DHA within 45 days from the effective date of the adverse action.
Benefits will be continued only if the participant requests a hearing prior to the effective date of the adverse action.
Hearings may be requested by writing to:
Wisconsin Department of Administration
Division of Hearings and Appeals
PO Box 7875
Madison, WI 53707-7875
The hearing will be held at a location determined by the DHA.
Hearings will be:
Held at a time reasonably convenient to the petitioner, department or agency staff and the administrative law judge.
Reasonably accessible to the petitioner.
Held on department or agency premises, subject to the judgement of the administrative law judge.
Accessible to those in need of accommodations for a disability or translation. (For information about an accommodation for a disability or translation for a hearing, call 1-608-266-3096 (voice) or 1-608-264-9853 (TTY).)
This page last updated in Release Number: 04-02
Release Date: 04/30/04
Effective Date: 04/30/04