This database is currently sponsored by the Elder Law & Special Needs Section of the State Bar of Wisconsin, the Wisconsin chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, and Krause Financial. I thank them for their support!
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- Currently covers all decisions from 2020 to date, plus select decisions going back to 2000; I am continually adding more (680 decisions published as of 06/08/2026)
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Introduction: How to Research and Use Fair Hearing Decisions
Recently Published
- FCP 220337 (03/17/2026) Family Care backdated after 7-month ADRC delay, ALJ criticized DHS backdating process
- CWA 220811 (03/16/2026) IRIS budget amendment decreased after base budget increased, no notice required
- CWA 220073 (03/03/2026) Decision after rehearing: Petitioner disenrolled from IRIS for threatening behavior
- MRA 13/99632 (02/03/2009) CSIA raised due to exceptional circumstances
- CWA 221689 (04/28/2026) IRIS life skills training service approved for petitioner
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Note: This outline is loosely based on the Medicaid Eligibility Handbook and will be tweaked as this database matures. For now, many entries will have no related fair hearing decisions.
1 / Applications and Renewals +
2 / Nonfinancial Eligibility +
3.4 / Spousal impoverishment +