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2011 Senate Bill 404: Strengthen Medicaid estate recovery procedures
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- Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R) on June 7, 2011, to revise details of a Medicaid estate recovery program, in which the cost of nursing home and other care for Medicaid recipients may be recovered from the person’s estate after death. Among other things the bill would authorize state liens against a recipient’s property, and potentially a longer “look back” period for legal schemes used to shelter assets from this process. The bill would also authorize the Department of Community Health or its agent to negotiate deals with decedents’ spouses or heirs.
- Referred to the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 7, 2011.
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1) Re: 2011 Senate Bill 404 (Strengthen Medicaid estate recovery procedures ) by bill35 on September 1, 2012I do not see this as being a good idea at all. I am not sure what they are thinking at all here. Trying to recovery this money after the person passes away is so wrong to do. Cambridge Life Solutions - Facebook Page
Is this really a problem? I've only heard of having to get rid of everything under the sun in order to get a person into a nursing home. This is an extreme bill. I hope plenty of research has truly found people actually hiding assets. I've only heard the horror stories of having to spend everything away in order to get the basic help needed.
Introduced in the Senate on June 7, 2011
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