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 (711 decisions published as of 07/22/2026)
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Introduction: How to Research and Use Fair Hearing Decisions
Recently Published
- MRA 158565 (09/22/2014) CSRA increased for low income, based on cost of annuity
- MRA 12/62917 (07/13/2004) CSRA increased due to low income, included value of promissory note
- MRA 153656 (02/06/2014) CSIA not increased, multiple vehicle expenses and debts not allowed
- MRA 139500 (05/24/2012) CSIA increased for mobile phone, cable, internet, home phone, credit cards
- MRA 138721 (05/15/2012) CSIA increased for medical debt
- MRA 139168 (04/26/2012) CSIA increased for ESL classes, payroll taxes, travel to visit IS
- MRA 139362 (04/05/2012) CSIA increased to pay down debt and allow for costs of visiting IS
- MRA 139105 (03/31/2012) CSIA increased to pay down debt and allow for costs of visiting IS
- MRA 135653 (01/17/2012) CSIA increased, but extra phone, cable, alarm system not allowed
- MRA 70/101343 (02/26/2009) CSIA increased due to working CS’s payroll deductions
- CWA 221759 (03/25/2026) Budget amendment for fitness classes granted
- CWA 220910 (03/25/2026) No right to appeal AFH’s overpayment notice
- FCP 221947 (03/24/2026) Residential care denied, petitioner able to safely live at home
- FCP 221463 (03/24/2026) PACE travel vouchers to gym approved
- CWK 221868 (03/23/2026) Home modification denied, not a direct benefit to petitioner
- FCP 220772 (03/20/2026) Community Support Program services ended when mental health needs could be met by outpatient care
- FCP 221245 (03/19/2026) AFH funding could not be kept as a “security blanket”
- FCP 220220 (03/19/2026) Adult day care services denied as duplicative of AFH services
- CWK 221052 (03/19/2026) CLTS could not cover non-adaptive swing set
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Decisions by Issue
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 +