Wisconsin Seeks To Amend Waiver To Require Drug Screening & Testing For Medicaid Eligibility

Pending approval from the federal Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the Wisconsin Department of Health Services (DHS) intends to require childless adults seeking BadgerCare (Wisconsin Medicaid) benefits to be screened for drug use, and submit to a drug test, if necessary. The individual will not be responsible for the cost of the drug test. The screening and drug test will become a new condition of eligibility, but a negative screen/test is not mandatory. Those who test positive, or who indicate on the screening assessment that they are ready to enter a treatment program, will be offered access to . . .