33.4 SeniorCare Fiscal Test Group

The FTGfiscal test group consists solely of an applicantA person who has submitted a request for coverage for whom no decision has been made regarding eligibility, unless the applicant is married and resides with his or her spouseA spouse is that person recognized by Wisconsin law as another person's legal husband or wife. Wisconsin does not recognize common law marriage..

If the applicant is married and resides with his or her spouse, the FTG consists of both the applicant and his or her spouse. An applicant is considered to be residing with his or her spouse if the permanent residence of the spouse is the same as that of the applicant.

Exceptions: The FTG consists only of the applicant if:

One spouse is institutionalized and is expected to be out of the home for 30 or more days, or
The applicant’s spouse is a SSISupplemental Security Income. A program based on financial need operated by the Social Security Administration that provides monthly income to low income people who are age 65 or older, blind, or disabled. recipient, or
The applicants are married but are living separately, or
Both spouses are living in a nursing home.

This page last updated in Release Number: 08-01
Release Date: 02/01/2008
Effective Date: 02/01/2008

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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