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House Bill 771

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Title AN ACT relating to Medicaid estate recovery.
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Bill Request Number 2118
Sponsor T. Pullin
Summary of Original Version Create new sections of KRS Chapter 205 to exempt veterans from Medicaid estate recovery; define the terms "department," "estate," and "veteran"; prohibit the Department for Medicaid Services from recovering from the estate of a veteran for nursing facility services paid by Medicaid on behalf of the veteran up to $250,000; provide that a deceased veteran's estate will be subject to estate recovery if the veteran qualified for Medicaid fraudulently; require the department to promulgate administrative regulations; and, provide that the waiver of Medicaid estate recovery due to veteran status will sunset after January 1, 2015.
Index Headings of Original Version Aged Persons and Aging - Medicaid estate recovery, veterans, exemptions for
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Nursing facility services, Medicaid, veterans, exemptions from estate recovery
Medicaid - Medicaid estate recovery, veterans, exemptions for
Veterans' Affairs - Medicaid estate recovery, veterans, exemptions for
Proposed Amendments House Committee Substitute 1
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03/04/08
  • introduced in House
03/05/08
  • to Seniors, Military Affairs, & Public Safety (H)
03/10/08
  • posted in committee
03/26/08
  • reported favorably, 1st reading, to Calendar with Committee Substitute
03/27/08
  • 2nd reading, to Rules
  • posted for passage in the Regular Orders of the Day for Friday, March 28, 2008
03/28/08
  • 3rd reading, passed 95-0 with Committee Substitute
  • received in Senate

Proposed Amendments

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Amendment House Committee Substitute 1
Summary Retain definitions; amend to require the Department for Medicaid Services to apply for a waiver from the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to implement a program to exempt the estate of deceased veterans from recovery of nursing home services paid for by Medicaid; amend to require promulgation of administrative regulations to implement the program when waiver is received.
Index Headings Aged Persons and Aging - Medicaid estate recovery, veterans, exemptions for
Hospitals and Nursing Homes - Nursing facility services, Medicaid, veterans, exemptions from estate recovery
Medicaid - Medicaid estate recovery, veterans, exemptions for
Veterans' Affairs - Medicaid estate recovery, veterans, exemptions for

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