THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT
Act 280 of 1939
400.112g Michigan medicaid estate recovery program; establishment and operation by department of community health; development of voluntary estate preservation program; report; establishment of estate recovery program; waivers and approvals; duties of department; lien.
Sec. 112g.
(1) Subject to section 112c(5), the department of community health shall establish and operate the Michigan medicaid estate recovery program to comply with requirements contained in section 1917 of title XIX. The department of community health shall work with the appropriate state and federal departments and agencies to review options for development of a voluntary estate preservation program. Beginning not later than 180 days after the effective date of the amendatory act that added this section and every 180 days thereafter, the department of community health shall submit a report to the senate and house appropriations subcommittees with jurisdiction over department of community health matters and the senate and house fiscal agencies regarding options for development of the estate preservation program.
(2) The department of community health shall establish an estate recovery program including various estate recovery program activities. These activities shall include, at a minimum, all of the following:
(a) Tracking assets and services of recipients of medical assistance that are subject to estate recovery.
(b) Actions necessary to collect amounts subject to estate recovery for medical services as determined according to subsection (3)(a) provided to recipients identified in subsection (3)(b). Amounts subject to recovery shall not exceed the cost of providing the medical services. Any settlements shall take into account the best interests of the state and the spouse and heirs.
(c) Other activities necessary to efficiently and effectively administer the program.
(3) The department of community health shall seek appropriate changes to the Michigan medicaid state plan and shall apply for any necessary waivers and approvals from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid services to implement the Michigan medicaid estate recovery program. The department of community health shall seek approval from the federal centers for medicare and medicaid regarding all of the following:
(a) Which medical services are subject to estate recovery under section 1917(b)(1)(B)(i) and (ii) of title XIX.
(b) Which recipients of medical assistance are subject to estate recovery under section 1917(a) and (b) of title XIX.
(c) Under what circumstances the program shall pursue recovery from the estates of spouses of recipients of medical assistance who are subject to estate recovery under section 1917(b)(2) of title XIX.
(d) What actions may be taken to obtain funds from the estates of recipients subject to recovery under section 1917 of title XIX, including notice and hearing procedures that may be pursued to contest actions taken under the Michigan medicaid estate recovery program.
(e) Under what circumstances the estates of medical assistance recipients will be exempt from the Michigan medicaid estate recovery program because of a hardship. At the time an individual enrolls in medicaid for long-term care services, the department of community health shall provide to the individual written materials explaining the process for applying for a waiver from estate recovery due to hardship. The department of community health shall develop a definition of hardship according to section 1917(b)(3) of title XIX that includes, but is not limited to, the following:
(i) An exemption for the portion of the value of the medical assistance recipient's homestead that is equal to or less than 50% of the average price of a home in the county in which the medicaid recipient's homestead is located as of the date of the medical assistance recipient's death.
(ii) An exemption for the portion of an estate that is the primary income-producing asset of survivors, including, but not limited to, a family farm or business.
(iii) A rebuttable presumption that no hardship exists if the hardship resulted from estate planning methods under which assets were diverted in order to avoid estate recovery.
(f) The circumstances under which the department of community health may review requests for exemptions and provide exemptions from the Michigan medicaid estate recovery program for cases that do not meet the definition of hardship developed by the department of community health.
(g) Implementing the provisions of section 1396p(b)(3) of title XIX to ensure that the heirs of persons subject to the Michigan medicaid estate recovery program will not be unreasonably harmed by the provisions of this program.
(4) The department of community health shall not seek medicaid estate recovery if the costs of recovery exceed the amount of recovery available or if the recovery is not in the best economic interest of the state.
(5) The department of community health shall not implement a Michigan medicaid estate recovery program until approval by the federal government is obtained.
(6) The department of community health shall not recover assets from the home of a medical assistance recipient if 1 or more of the following individuals are lawfully residing in that home:
(a) The medical assistance recipient's spouse.
(b) The medical assistance recipient's child who is under the age of 21 years, or is blind or permanently and totally disabled as defined in section 1614 of the social security act, 42 USC 1382c.
(c) The medical assistance recipient's caretaker relative who was residing in the medical assistance recipient's home for a period of at least 2 years immediately before the date of the medical assistance recipient's admission to a medical institution and who establishes that he or she provided care that permitted the medical assistance recipient to reside at home rather than in an institution. As used in this subdivision, "caretaker relative" means any relation by blood, marriage, or adoption who is within the fifth degree of kinship to the recipient.
(d) The medical assistance recipient's sibling who has an equity interest in the medical assistance recipient's home and who was residing in the medical assistance recipient's home for a period of at least 1 year immediately before the date of the individual's admission to a medical institution.
(7) The department of community health shall provide written information to individuals seeking medicaid eligibility for long-term care services describing the provisions of the Michigan medicaid estate recovery program, including, but not limited to, a statement that some or all of their estate may be recovered.
(8) The department of community health shall not charge interest on the balance of any Michigan medicaid estate recovery payments.
(9) The department of community health shall not place or record a lien on qualifying property under the tax equity and fiscal responsibility act of 1982, Public Law 97-424 (TEFRA).
History: Add. 2007, Act 74, Imd. Eff. Sept. 30, 2007
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Ketchum Est. v. Dep't of Health & Human Servs., 887 N.W.2d 226 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 35× “In 2007, the Michigan Legislature passed 2007 PA 74 , which added MCL 400.112g though MCL 400.112k to Michigan’s Social Welfare Act, MCL 400.”
in Re Klein Est., 316 Mich. App. 329 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 20× “116(C)(4) and (10), arguing that it was entitled to estate recovery pursuant to MCL 400.112g. Specifically, DCH argued that, by signing the Medicaid application, Pumford acknowledged that the estate was subject to recovery as well as that, by failing to apply for a hardship…”
in Re Keyes Est., 871 N.W.2d 388 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 12× “The Department sought estate recovery under Michigan’s Medicaid estate recovery program, MCL 400.112g et seq. (the Act). The trial court ruled that the estate did not receive sufficient statutory notice under the Act and estate recovery would violate the estate’s due process…”
In re Gorney Est., 314 Mich. App. 281 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 22× “In 2007, the Michigan Legislature passed 2007 PA 74 , which added MCL 400.112g through MCL 400.112k to the Social Welfare Act, MCL 400.”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
· cites it 52× “The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
· cites it 52× “The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
Est. of Darby v. Stinson, 68 So. 3d 702 (Miss. Ct. App. 2011).
· cites it 2× “Mich. Comp. Laws Ann. 400.112g. [4] Transmittal 75, or § 3810(B) of the State Medicaid Manual, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Health Care Financing and Administration, (January 2001), provides policy clarification on mandatory and optional recovery…”
In re Rasmer Est., 880 N.W.2d 789 (Mich. 2016).
“ek estate recovery for medicaid services provided to an individual before that individual received notification of the estate-recovery program from the plaintiff; (2) estate recovery for such pre-notification services constitutes a violation of the individual’s substantive…”
Est. of Patricia Bacon v. Dept of Health & Human Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
· cites it 20× “Defendant, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), appeals by leave granted1 the Macomb Circuit Court’s order reversing the denial by the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health2 of plaintiff, the Estate of Patricia Bacon’s, request for a…”
Est. of Patricia Bacon v. Dept of Health & Human Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
· cites it 20× “Defendant, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), appeals by leave granted1 the Macomb Circuit Court’s order reversing the denial by the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health2 of plaintiff, the Estate of Patricia Bacon’s, request for a…”
in Re Clark Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
· cites it 30× “As our Court recently explained, the Michigan Legislature, in 2007, designated DCH as the state entity responsible for recovering Medicaid benefits from the estates of deceased beneficiaries, through a new set of provisions contained at MCL 400.112g, et seq. In re Estate of…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
· cites it 15× “In 2007, the Michigan Legislature passed 2007 PA 74 , which added MCL 400.112g though MCL 400.112k to the Michigan Social Welfare Act, MCL 400.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(1) — 5 cases
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“In 2007, the Michigan Legislature passed 2007 PA 74 , which added MCL 400.112g though MCL 400.112k to the Michigan Social Welfare Act, MCL 400.”
Est. of Patricia Bacon v. Dept of Health & Human Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
“Defendant, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), appeals by leave granted1 the Macomb Circuit Court’s order reversing the denial by the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health2 of plaintiff, the Estate of Patricia Bacon’s, request for a…”
Est. of Patricia Bacon v. Dept of Health & Human Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
“Defendant, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), appeals by leave granted1 the Macomb Circuit Court’s order reversing the denial by the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health2 of plaintiff, the Estate of Patricia Bacon’s, request for a…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(2) — 7 cases
in Re Klein Est., 316 Mich. App. 329 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“116(C)(4) and (10), arguing that it was entitled to estate recovery pursuant to MCL 400.112g. Specifically, DCH argued that, by signing the Medicaid application, Pumford acknowledged that the estate was subject to recovery as well as that, by failing to apply for a hardship…”
in Re Keyes Est., 871 N.W.2d 388 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
“The Department sought estate recovery under Michigan’s Medicaid estate recovery program, MCL 400.112g et seq. (the Act). The trial court ruled that the estate did not receive sufficient statutory notice under the Act and estate recovery would violate the estate’s due process…”
in Re Clark Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
“As our Court recently explained, the Michigan Legislature, in 2007, designated DCH as the state entity responsible for recovering Medicaid benefits from the estates of deceased beneficiaries, through a new set of provisions contained at MCL 400.112g, et seq. In re Estate of…”
Est. of Patricia Bacon v. Dept of Health & Human Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
“Defendant, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), appeals by leave granted1 the Macomb Circuit Court’s order reversing the denial by the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health2 of plaintiff, the Estate of Patricia Bacon’s, request for a…”
Est. of Patricia Bacon v. Dept of Health & Human Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
“Defendant, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), appeals by leave granted1 the Macomb Circuit Court’s order reversing the denial by the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health2 of plaintiff, the Estate of Patricia Bacon’s, request for a…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(3) — 7 cases
in Re Klein Est., 316 Mich. App. 329 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“116(C)(4) and (10), arguing that it was entitled to estate recovery pursuant to MCL 400.112g. Specifically, DCH argued that, by signing the Medicaid application, Pumford acknowledged that the estate was subject to recovery as well as that, by failing to apply for a hardship…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Clark Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
“As our Court recently explained, the Michigan Legislature, in 2007, designated DCH as the state entity responsible for recovering Medicaid benefits from the estates of deceased beneficiaries, through a new set of provisions contained at MCL 400.112g, et seq. In re Estate of…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(3)(d) — 2 cases
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(3)(e) — 11 cases
in Re Klein Est., 316 Mich. App. 329 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“116(C)(4) and (10), arguing that it was entitled to estate recovery pursuant to MCL 400.112g. Specifically, DCH argued that, by signing the Medicaid application, Pumford acknowledged that the estate was subject to recovery as well as that, by failing to apply for a hardship…”
in Re Keyes Est., 871 N.W.2d 388 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
“The Department sought estate recovery under Michigan’s Medicaid estate recovery program, MCL 400.112g et seq. (the Act). The trial court ruled that the estate did not receive sufficient statutory notice under the Act and estate recovery would violate the estate’s due process…”
In re Gorney Est., 314 Mich. App. 281 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“In 2007, the Michigan Legislature passed 2007 PA 74 , which added MCL 400.112g through MCL 400.112k to the Social Welfare Act, MCL 400.”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(3)(e)(i) — 5 cases
in Re Klein Est., 316 Mich. App. 329 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“116(C)(4) and (10), arguing that it was entitled to estate recovery pursuant to MCL 400.112g. Specifically, DCH argued that, by signing the Medicaid application, Pumford acknowledged that the estate was subject to recovery as well as that, by failing to apply for a hardship…”
Est. of Patricia Bacon v. Dept of Health & Human Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
“Defendant, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), appeals by leave granted1 the Macomb Circuit Court’s order reversing the denial by the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health2 of plaintiff, the Estate of Patricia Bacon’s, request for a…”
Est. of Patricia Bacon v. Dept of Health & Human Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
“Defendant, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), appeals by leave granted1 the Macomb Circuit Court’s order reversing the denial by the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health2 of plaintiff, the Estate of Patricia Bacon’s, request for a…”
in Re Clark Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
“As our Court recently explained, the Michigan Legislature, in 2007, designated DCH as the state entity responsible for recovering Medicaid benefits from the estates of deceased beneficiaries, through a new set of provisions contained at MCL 400.112g, et seq. In re Estate of…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(3)(e)(t) — 1 case
in Re Klein Est., 316 Mich. App. 329 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“116(C)(4) and (10), arguing that it was entitled to estate recovery pursuant to MCL 400.112g. Specifically, DCH argued that, by signing the Medicaid application, Pumford acknowledged that the estate was subject to recovery as well as that, by failing to apply for a hardship…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(4) — 10 cases
In re Gorney Est., 314 Mich. App. 281 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“In 2007, the Michigan Legislature passed 2007 PA 74 , which added MCL 400.112g through MCL 400.112k to the Social Welfare Act, MCL 400.”
In re Rasmer Est., 880 N.W.2d 789 (Mich. 2016).
“ek estate recovery for medicaid services provided to an individual before that individual received notification of the estate-recovery program from the plaintiff; (2) estate recovery for such pre-notification services constitutes a violation of the individual’s substantive…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(5) — 7 cases
In re Gorney Est., 314 Mich. App. 281 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“In 2007, the Michigan Legislature passed 2007 PA 74 , which added MCL 400.112g through MCL 400.112k to the Social Welfare Act, MCL 400.”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“In 2007, the Michigan Legislature passed 2007 PA 74 , which added MCL 400.112g though MCL 400.112k to the Michigan Social Welfare Act, MCL 400.”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(6)(c) — 3 cases
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(7) — 7 cases
in Re Keyes Est., 871 N.W.2d 388 (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
“The Department sought estate recovery under Michigan’s Medicaid estate recovery program, MCL 400.112g et seq. (the Act). The trial court ruled that the estate did not receive sufficient statutory notice under the Act and estate recovery would violate the estate’s due process…”
In re Gorney Est., 314 Mich. App. 281 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“In 2007, the Michigan Legislature passed 2007 PA 74 , which added MCL 400.112g through MCL 400.112k to the Social Welfare Act, MCL 400.”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Rasmer Est. (Mich. 2017).
“The Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) brought separate actions in the Bay County Probate Court, the Huron County Probate Court, the Calhoun County Probate Court, and the Clinton County Probate Court, seeking to recover under the Michigan Medicaid estate- recovery…”
in Re Clark Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
“As our Court recently explained, the Michigan Legislature, in 2007, designated DCH as the state entity responsible for recovering Medicaid benefits from the estates of deceased beneficiaries, through a new set of provisions contained at MCL 400.112g, et seq. In re Estate of…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(8) — 4 cases
in Re Klein Est., 316 Mich. App. 329 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“116(C)(4) and (10), arguing that it was entitled to estate recovery pursuant to MCL 400.112g. Specifically, DCH argued that, by signing the Medicaid application, Pumford acknowledged that the estate was subject to recovery as well as that, by failing to apply for a hardship…”
in Re Clark Est. (Mich. Ct. App. 2015).
“As our Court recently explained, the Michigan Legislature, in 2007, designated DCH as the state entity responsible for recovering Medicaid benefits from the estates of deceased beneficiaries, through a new set of provisions contained at MCL 400.112g, et seq. In re Estate of…”
Est. of Patricia Bacon v. Dept of Health & Human Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
“Defendant, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), appeals by leave granted1 the Macomb Circuit Court’s order reversing the denial by the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health2 of plaintiff, the Estate of Patricia Bacon’s, request for a…”
Est. of Patricia Bacon v. Dept of Health & Human Servs. (Mich. Ct. App. 2017).
“Defendant, the Department of Health and Human Services (the Department), appeals by leave granted1 the Macomb Circuit Court’s order reversing the denial by the Director of the Michigan Department of Community Health2 of plaintiff, the Estate of Patricia Bacon’s, request for a…”
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(e) — 2 cases
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(e)(i) — 1 case
— Mich. Comp. Laws § 400.112g(l) — 2 cases
In re Gorney Est., 314 Mich. App. 281 (Mich. Ct. App. 2016).
“In 2007, the Michigan Legislature passed 2007 PA 74 , which added MCL 400.112g through MCL 400.112k to the Social Welfare Act, MCL 400.”
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