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Bills · 2021-2022 Regular Session

AB 774

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Relating to: limitation of estate recovery for the cost of long-term Medical Assistance to only a recipient's probate estate. (FE)

Estate of deceased person Health services department of — Administration Medical assistance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Assembly, not reached
  3. Passes Senate, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

Under current law, the Department of Health Services is required to seek

repayment for the cost of certain long-term care services paid for on behalf of

recipients of Medical Assistance. Recovery is currently made from the estates of

decedent recipients, from the estates of their surviving spouses, and from certain

other nonprobate property, subject to certain limitations. This bill limits the

property that DHS may seek repayment from to only property in the recipient's

probate estate that is required to be pursued under federal law. The Medical

Assistance program is a joint state and federal program that provides health services

to individuals who have limited financial resources.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Brostoff (D) , Cabrera (D) , Neubauer (D) , Stubbs (D)

6 cosponsors

Carpenter (D) , Johnson (D) , Larson (D) , Roys (D) , Sinicki (D) , Spreitzer (D)

Full history

  1. Dec 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Introduced by Representatives Brostoff, Neubauer, Cabrera and Stubbs; cosponsored by Senators Larson, Johnson, Roys and Carpenter

  2. Dec 9, 2021 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Health

  3. Dec 22, 2021 · Assembly

    Representative Sinicki added as a coauthor

  4. Jan 7, 2022 · Assembly

    Representative Spreitzer added as a coauthor

  5. Feb 21, 2022 · Assembly

    Fiscal estimate received

  6. Mar 15, 2022 · Assembly

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1