Memos Library

We issue memos to share updates on federal and state policies, procedures, and regulations with partner agencies and service providers. These memos outline actions that must be taken because of new or revised policies, procedures, and regulations.

This library contains six (6) full calendar years of memos, plus the current year. Memos not available in this library are no longer current and unenforceable.

DCTS Memos

The Division of Care and Treatment Services (DCTS) issues memos about mental health and substance use services.

DMS Administrator's Memos

The Division of Medicaid Services (DMS) issues Administrator's Memos to provide direction about policies, program administration, funding, and more.

DMS Information Memos

DMS issues Information Memos to communicate information with its partners and providers.

DMS Numbered Memos

DMS issues Numbered Memos to detail actions that our partners and providers could or should take about the programs they administer.

DMS Operations Memos

DMS issues Operations Memos to the consortia about public assistance policies and procedures and how they should be operationalized.

DPH BADR Memos

The Division of Public Health (DPH) Bureau of Aging and Disability Resources (BADR) issues memos to update providers and interested parties of important information.

DPH BCD Memos

DPH Bureau of Communicable Diseases (BCD) issues memos to update providers and interested parties of important information.

DPH BCHP Memos

DPH Bureau of Community Health Promotion (BCHP) issues memos to inform partners and providers of immediate action required about programs and policies.

DPH BEOH Memos

DPH Bureau of Environmental and Occupational Health (BEOH) issues memos to update providers and interested parties of important information.

DPH EMS Memos

DPH Emergency Medical Services (EMS) issues memos to update providers and interested parties of important information.

DQA Memos

The Division of Quality Assurance (DQA) issues memos to provide policies, information, and interpretation of federal and state regulations and guidelines of the programs they regulate.

Use the filters to search by keyword, memo series, year issued, and/or subject.

Memo number Title Issue date Sort ascending Discontinued date Attachments
20-29 Annual Update to Income Thresholds for Determining Whether a Child or Tax Dependent is Expected to Be Required to File a Tax Return (PDF)
2020-07 Revised Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Manual for the Children's Long-Term Support Waiver Program (PDF)
Replaced by:
Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Waiver Manual for the Children’s Long-Term Support Waiver Program, P-02256 (PDF)
20-28 2021 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) for Medicaid for the Elderly, Blind, or Disabled (PDF)
20-27 Private Pay Nursing Home and Group B Plus Waivers Rates (PDF)
20-26 Providing the Child Support Good Cause Notice for Wisconsin Shares Child Care (PDF)
BCD 2020-29 DHS recommends testing migrant and seasonal workers for COVID-19 prior to departure at the end of the work season
2020-06 Social Services Block Grant 2021 Eligibility Requirements (PDF)
20-25 Child Care Provider Temporary Closures Due to COVID-19 (PDF)
20-24 Suspension of Health Care Coverage During Incarceration (PDF)
20-23 Wisconsin Shares Child Support Cooperation Requirements for Foster Parents and Kinship Caregivers (PDF)
20-J3 Changes to Wisconsin Residency (PDF)
20-22 Telephonic Six-Month Report Form (PDF)
BCD 2020-28 Guidance Related to Viral Whole Genome Sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 for the Public Health Response (PDF)
BCD 2020-27 Prevention and Control of Acute Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities (PDF)
Replaced by:
Preventing and Controlling Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities (PDF)
20-21 Update to FoodShare Able-Bodied Adults Without Dependents Work Requirement Exemptions (PDF)
BCD-2020-26 Prevention and Control of Acute Respiratory Illness Outbreaks in Long-Term Care Facilities
Replaced by:
BCD 2021-011
BCD 2020-25 Crisis Standards of Practice for COVID-19 Contact Tracing and Symptom Monitoring (PDF)
20-010 Mental Health Day Treatment for Youth Certification (PDF)
20-20 FoodShare Cost of Living Adjustments (PDF)
BCD 2020-24 Ryan White Part B and Life Care Services Policy: Requesting an Increase in Funding for Ryan White Services (PDF)
20-19 Counting the Lump Sum Reimbursement of Cost Share or Patient Liability Payments as an Asset for Elderly, Blind, or Disabled Medicaid Eligibility (PDF)
20-14 Wisconsin Shares Child Care Subsidy for the 2020-2021 School Year (PDF)
20-03 Enhanced Federal Funding for Qualifying Income Maintenance Activities (PDF)
20-18 Policy Changes for Counting Income and Allowing Deductions in Determining BadgerCare Plus Eligibility (PDF)
BCD 2020-23 Bordetella parapertussis Reporting (PDF)

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Last revised April 15, 2026