23 Miss. Code. R. 102-7.10 - Estate Recovery Requirements

A. The Division of Medicaid is required to seek recovery of payments for nursing facility services and Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) as well as related hospital and prescription drug services from the estates of deceased Medicaid recipients who were fifty-five (55) or older when Medicaid benefits were received.

B. The estate recovery provision applies to all Medicaid recipients in a nursing facility as of July 1, 1994, and all Medicaid recipients who entered the Home and Community-Based Waiver (HCBS) Program on or after July 1, 2001, who:

1. Are age fifty-five (55) or older at time of death;

2. Own real or personal property at time of death that can be considered an estate.

C. Individuals who entered the HCBS Waiver Program prior to July 1, 2001, are "grandfathered in" and will not have their case referred to estate recovery unless the individual is discharged from the program and readmitted after July 1, 2001. In which case, "grandfathered" status is lost and the individual will be referred to estate recovery as a new HCBS client subject to the provision.

Notes

23 Miss. Code. R. 102-7.10

MS Code Ann. § 43-13-317.1 (Rev. 2005).