House Bill 771

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Title AN ACT relating to Medicaid estate recovery.
Bill Documents Bill
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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