Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) This chapter applies to the estates of individuals who received MA for nursing facility services, home and community based services or related hospital and prescription drug services, who were 55 years of age or older at the time that MA was received, who died on or after August 15, 1994, and who received MA on or after August 15, 1994. This chapter does not apply to individuals who received MA before reaching 55 years of age and whose MA eligibility terminated before reaching 55 years of age.(b) The estate of a an individual who was 55 years or older at the time that MA was received is liable to repay the Department for the amount of MA paid for all nursing facility services, home and community based services and related hospital and prescription drug services provided from the time the individual was 55 years of age and thereafter. Only MA services provided on or after August 15, 1994, are subject to estate recovery.