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1.1.3 Financial Introduction See Section 39.4 ELDERLY, BLIND, OR DISABLED ASSETS AND INCOME TABLES for EBD asset limits. See SECTION 1.1.3.3 DISABLED MINORS to determine Medicaid eligibility for disabled minors who fail BadgerCare Plus financial tests. 1.1.3.1 Assets The EBD fiscal group’s assets must be within the appropriate categorically needy or medically needy asset limit before any member of that group can qualify for Medicaid. EBD fiscal groups that have assets in excess of the appropriate EBD asset limit are ineligible for Medicaid. 1.1.3.2 Elderly, Blind, or Disabled Fiscal Group An EBD fiscal group includes the individual who is nonfinancially eligible for Medicaid and anyone who lives with him or her, who is legally responsible for him or her. EBD FTGs will always be a group of one or two. Spouses who live together are in each other’s fiscal group. This means that the income and assets of both spouses are counted when determining Medicaid eligibility for either or both spouses. The fiscal group size for this situation/living arrangement is two. There are some exceptions to this concept. A blind or disabled minor living with his or her parents would be a one-person fiscal group. Special instructions for deeming parental income and assets to the disabled minor are described in SECTION 24.1 SSI RELATED MEDICAID INTRODUCTION. Another exception to the fiscal group policy involves SSI recipients. If one spouse is applying for EBD Medicaid and the other spouse is an SSI recipient, the spouse who is an SSI recipient is not included in the other spouse’s fiscal group. For this situation you would again have a one-person fiscal group when determining the Medicaid eligibility of the non-SSI spouse. An individual applying for LTC Medicaid, including institutional, HCBW, Family Care, PACE, Partnership, or IRIS would be a one-person fiscal group. If the individual is married, refer to SECTION 18.1 SPOUSAL IMPOVERISHMENT INTRODUCTION for special instructions regarding spousal impoverishment procedures. 1.1.3.3 Disabled Minors A blind or disabled minor (or dependent 18-year-old) must have his or her Medicaid eligibility determined according to special procedures if eligible (see SECTION 15.1.2 SPECIAL FINANCIAL TESTS FOR DISABLED MINORS). Note: EBD Medicaid testing procedures are different from those used for HCBW Medicaid for the Children’s Long- Term Support Waiver Program. (See Section 37.3 HCBW MEDICAID CARES PROCESSING FOR THE CLTS WAIVER PROGRAM.) 1.1.3.4 Income See SECTION 39.4 ELDERLY, BLIND, OR DISABLED ASSETS AND INCOME TABLES for EBD income limits. See SECTION 39.5 FEDERAL POVERTY LEVEL TABLE for all other Medicaid income limits. Chapters for each type of Medicaid explain how to determine the income to be compared with the income limits. 1.1.4 Health Care Choice Once an individual has been determined eligible for EBD Medicaid, he or she must be enrolled in EBD Medicaid even if he or she is also eligible for BadgerCare Plus, unless he or she has a change in