25.6 Filing Date

For health care applications submitted to a local agency, the filing date is the day a signed, valid applicationA request for BadgerCare Plus coverage. The request must be on the Department's application or registration form and must contain name, address, and a valid signature. The applicant must submit a signed and completed application form to complete the application process. or registration form is delivered to the IMincome maintenance agency.

The filing date on an ACCESS application for health care is the date that the application is submitted electronically, regardless of the time of day it was submitted. The filing date on an application received from the Marketplace is the application date listed on the Marketplace application.

When an application is submitted by mail or fax, record the date that the IM agency received the valid application form or the next business day if the application is received after the agency's regularly scheduled business hours.

When a request for assistance is made by phone, the filing date is not set until a valid signature is received by the agency.

This page last updated in Release Number: 16-01

Release Date: 02/15/2016

Effective Date: 02/15/2016

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.

Publication Number: P-10171