Page 241

• Insurance benefits. • Payments received for the rental of rooms, apartments, dwelling units, buildings, or land (if not reported as self-employment income). Taxes and the expense of property maintenance may be deducted. • Income from Tribal Per Capita payments from gaming revenue. The following should not be counted as other monthly income: • Supplemental Security Income (SSI). • Student loans. • Student financial aid including grants, scholarships, and fellowships. • Child support income. • Workers’ compensation. • Veteran’s benefits. • Reimbursement for expenses that the applicant has incurred or paid, except for reimbursement for normal household living expenses such as rent, clothing or food eaten at home. • Foster care or subsidized adoption payments. • Life insurance policy dividends. • Payments made by a third party directly to landlords or other vendors. • Governmental (federal, state, or local) rent and housing subsidies, including payments made directly to the applicant for housing or utility costs (for example, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) utility allowances). • Nutrition-related benefits, such as FoodShare Wisconsin. This page last updated in Release Number: 23-04 Release Date: 12/18/2023 Effective Date: 12/18/2023 32.3 Qualified Hospitals For the purposes of presumptive eligibility, a hospital is defined as an inpatient hospital facility or an outpatient hospital facility located within the four walls of an inpatient hospital facility, consistent with the definition of hospital for the purpose of billing Medicaid. These facilities are enrolled in Wisconsin Medicaid as Provider Type 01 or Provider Type 58. Qualified hospitals are certified by ForwardHealth to make presumptive eligibility determinations. Qualified hospitals can make presumptive eligibility determinations for the following populations: • Children • Pregnant women • People applying for Family Planning Only Services (see SECTION 40.2 PRESUMPTIVE ELIGIBILITY) • Parents and caretakers • Childless adults • Women under age 65 with breast or cervical cancer (see the Medicaid Eligibility Handbook, Section 36.2.2.1 Temporary Enrollment/Presumptive Eligibility Available Only To Women Enrolling Through WWWP) • Inmates of public correctional institutions (see SECTION 32.2.3.5 INMATES) Hospitals are required to notify ForwardHealth of their interest in becoming a qualified hospital for presumptive eligibility via the ForwardHealth Portal.