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◦ As a Certified Nurse Midwife Note If pregnancy must be verified, the BadgerCare Plus temporary enrollment card cannot be used as a source of verification, as pregnancy will not be verified for Temporary Enrollment for Pregnant Women (see CHAPTER 32 PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY). 9.9.4 Medical Expenses Medical expenses used to meet a deductible must be verified. The expense amount, any third party liability amount and date of service must all be verified. If verification is not provided, do not include the expense to determine when a deductible has been met. Do not deny or terminate eligibility for failure to provide the requested verification. 9.9.5 Power of Attorney, Guardianship, Conservator, or Patient's Representative If the applicant or member has a financial power of attorney, documentation of the power of attorney appointment is required. Only an agent with durable power of attorney for finances is considered to have power of attorney for Medicaid. A “durable” designation means that the power of attorney continues even if the applicant or member becomes incapacitated. If the applicant or member has a legal guardian, documentation of the court-ordered guardianship is required. If the applicant or member has a conservator, documentation of the court-ordered conservatorship is required. If the applicant or member has a patient's representative, documentation of the patient's representative appointment is required. If verification is not provided, the claimed agent with power of attorney, guardian, conservator, or patient's representative cannot be granted access to case information or notices or act on behalf of the applicant or member unless they are an authorized representative. 9.9.6 Income Verification of any type of countable income is required for all members with the exception of expected annual income for eligibility determinations using gap filling rules and certain earnings of prison or jail inmates (see SECTION 9.9.6.1 PRISON OR JAIL JOB). Even though verification of expected annual income is not required, the reported expected annual income must be validated by the agency using all available information (see SECTION 16.9 GAP FILLING). Income must only be verified using electronic data sources, except when the information cannot be obtained through an electronic data source or information from the data source is not reasonably compatible with what the applicant or member has reported (see SECTION 9.12 REASONABLE COMPATIBILITY FOR HEALTH CARE). 9.9.6.1 Prison or Jail Job Accept a member’s or suspended member’s statement and do not require verification of income earned by an inmate from a prison or jail job that pays less than minimum wage, such as jobs through Badger State Industries (BSI) (see SECTION 16.4.1 SPECIALLY TREATED WAGES, #7 PRISON OR JAIL JOB).