41.1 BadgerCare Plus Prenatal Program

The BadgerCare Plus Prenatal Program provides coverage for pregnant people who apply for BadgerCare Plus and meet all financial and most nonfinancial eligibility requirements, including:

Pregnant people who do not meet the BadgerCare Plus citizenship or immigration status requirements.
Pregnant people who are inmates of a public institution (see SECTION 45.8.2 PREGNANT MEMBERS) and would otherwise be placed in suspended status for BadgerCare Plus.

A person who has declared U.S. citizenship is not eligible for BadgerCare Plus Prenatal Program even when they cannot produce citizenship verification, identity verification, or both.

This page last updated in Release Number: 25-02
Release Date: 04/09/2025
Effective Date: 04/09/2025

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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