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• Pregnant applicants are eligible for full-benefit BadgerCare Plus. • Pregnant people have the 5-year waiting period lifted when their pregnancy is reported to the agency. The waiting period is lifted until 12 months after the last day of pregnancy and through the end of the month in which the 12th month occurs. 5. Arrived in the U.S. before August 22, 1996, and have been continuously present. Applicants who alleged an arrival date in the U.S. before August 22, 1996, and obtained legal qualified immigrant status after August 22, 1996, may be eligible to receive BadgerCare Plus. The immigrants described below, who apply for BadgerCare Plus and meet all eligibility requirements, are entitled to receive BadgerCare Plus benefits: • A non-citizen who: ◦ Arrived in the U.S. before August 22, 1996, in a legal, but non-qualified, immigration status and ◦ Had a change in their status (making them a qualified immigrant) on or after August 22, 1996, and ◦ Remained continuously present from their date of arrival in the U.S. until the date they gained qualified immigration status. • A non-citizen who: ◦ Arrived in the U.S. before August 22, 1996, in undocumented status, or ◦ Overstayed their original visa, and ◦ Remained continuously present from their date of arrival in the U.S. until the date they gained qualified immigration status. For those non-citizens who arrived in the U.S. before August 22, 1996, but whose continuous presence cannot be verified, the five-year waiting period applies from the date the individual obtained a qualified immigration status.

An individual meets the continuous presence test if they:

Did not have a single absence from the U.S. of more than 30 days, or

Did not have a cumulative number of absences totaling more than 90 days. 6. Have a military service/connection.

Applicants may be eligible for BadgerCare Plus if they meet any of the following criteria related to military service: • Honorably discharged veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces. This is defined as persons who were honorably discharged after any of the following: ◦ Serving for at least 24 months in the U.S. Armed Forces ◦ Serving for the period for which the person was called to active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces. ◦ Serving less than 24 months but was discharged or released from active duty for a disability incurred or aggravated in the line of duty. ◦ Serving less than 24 months but was discharged for family hardship. ◦ Serving in the Philippine Commonwealth Army or as a Philippine Scout during World War II. • On active duty (other than active duty for training) in the U.S. Armed Forces.