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44.2 Reserved This page last updated in Release Number: 24-01 Release Date: 04/03/2024 Effective Date: 01/01/2024 44.3 Reserved This page last updated in Release Number: 24-01 Release Date: 04/03/2024 Effective Date: 01/01/2024 44.4 Reserved This page last updated in Release Number: 24-01 Release Date: 04/03/2024 Effective Date: 01/01/2024 45.1 Introduction When a BadgerCare Plus applicant or member is an inmate, they may be eligible for suspended BadgerCare Plus. Suspension is a type of eligibility in which an inmate continues to be enrolled in BadgerCare Plus while incarcerated and does not have to complete a new application to regain benefits when released. An inmate is someone who is staying in a public institution on an involuntary basis through operation of law enforcement authorities. For example, a prisoner in a jail, prison, or other correctional facility is considered an inmate. The following individuals are not considered to be inmates for purposes of BadgerCare Plus: • A staff person voluntarily residing in a public institution. • An individual voluntarily residing in an institution while waiting for other living arrangements to be made that are appropriate to the person’s needs. • An individual who is legally confined to their home by a monitoring device, such as an ankle bracelet. • People who are on parole, probation, or have been released to the community pending trial (including those under pre-trial supervision). A public institution is an institution that is the responsibility of a governmental unit or over which a governmental unit exercises administrative control. This includes correctional facilities operated by or under contract with a governmental unit. A public institution does not include a medical institution (see Medicaid Eligibility Handbook, Section 27.1 Institutions), a publicly operated community residence that serves no more than 16 residents, or a child care institution in which foster care maintenance payments are made under Title IV-E. Even though the following institutions may accommodate 16 or fewer residents, they are not considered to be publicly operated community residences. People residing in these institutions may be inmates if they are residing there on an involuntary basis through operation of law enforcement authorities: