DHS 103.03(1)(g)(g) Medicaid purchase plan non-financial eligibility. To be non-financially eligible for the medicaid purchase plan a person shall meet the conditions described in par. (c) for SSI-related persons and shall be age 18 or older and the person shall meet any of the following conditions: DHS 103.03(1)(g)1.b.b. The person shall be enrolled in a department-certified health and employment counseling program. DHS 103.03(1)(g)1.c.c. The health of the person participating in the medicaid purchase plan for at least 6 months shall have deteriorated to the point that he or she is unable to participate under subd. 1. a. or b. and the county agency has waived the requirement for a period up to 6 calendar months. The county agency may waive the requirement if the person is hospitalized, injured or suffers any other health setback. The county agency may waive the requirement as long as it had not granted a waiver of the requirement twice within the 36 months immediately preceding the current waiver request. The waiver periods shall be non-consecutive. The person shall supply proof of health difficulties. In addition to the discretion the county agency has to grant a waiver, the department may grant a temporary waiver of the work requirement upon a showing of good cause. DHS 103.03(1)(h)(h) Medicaid purchase plan health and employment counseling eligibility. DHS 103.03(1)(h)1.1. ‘Initial eligibility.’ To be eligible for the health and employment counseling program within the medicaid purchase plan, a person shall complete an employment plan. DHS 103.03(1)(h)1.a.a. The employment plan shall be reviewed by a screening agency and approved by the department before the person receives approval from the department as a participant. DHS 103.03(1)(h)1.b.b. The screening agency shall refer the person to community resources as appropriate to meet all employment plan requirements. The screening agency may assist the person in completing the written employment plan or providing any other services required under the plan. DHS 103.03(1)(h)1.c.c. A notice of participation status shall be sent by the department to the person, the screener and the appropriate county or tribal economic support office. DHS 103.03(1)(h)2.a.a. A person may participate in a health and employment counseling program for a period of up to nine consecutive calendar months and for any allowable periods of extension described under subd. 3. DHS 103.03(1)(h)2.b.b. Upon completion of a period of eligibility, a person shall be ineligible for a health and employment counseling program for a period of 6 consecutive calendar months. Following the 6-month period, a person may begin a new period of eligibility, but a given person may only use 2 periods of eligibility within a period of 5 consecutive calendar years. DHS 103.03(1)(h)2.c.c. Participation in a health and employment counseling program approved by the department meets the eligibility requirement in par. (g) 1. b. DHS 103.03(1)(h)3.a.a. If a person is not employed at the end of the period of eligibility, the person may request an extended period of eligibility from the department. The extended period of eligibility shall be valid for a period of three consecutive calendar months. DHS 103.03(1)(h)3.c.c. The person may not request more than one extension of eligibility per period of eligibility. DHS 103.03(1)(h)3.d.d. After participation in a health and employment counseling [program] ends, a person may continue to receive services from an agency that also provides screening services, in accordance with the agency’s rules. DHS 103.03(1)(h)4.a.a. A person may request retroactive participation in a health and employment counseling program for a period of up to three months if the person demonstrates he or she met all eligibility requirements of the employment plan during those months. DHS 103.03(1)(h)4.b.b. Any retroactive months of eligibility requested by the person shall count toward the period of eligibility as described in this paragraph. DHS 103.03(2)(2) Citizenship. U.S. citizenship shall be a requirement for eligibility for MA, except that the following persons who are not U.S. citizens may also be eligible for MA: DHS 103.03(2)(b)(b) A citizen of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau who meets all of the following requirements: DHS 103.03(2)(b)1.1. Has declared, or someone legally responsible for the individual has declared, that the individual has a satisfactory immigration status.