AGING & DISABILITY SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
Estate Recovery
By law, the state may be paid back for Medicaid or state-funded, long-term care services a person received before he/she died. Payment is taken from the person’s estate (things the person owned or had an interest in before death). This is called Estate Recovery.
Learn more about what services are subject to Estate Recovery.
Estate Recovery does not begin until after the person receiving services dies, and while:
- a surviving spouse is still alive, and/or
- a surviving child is under age 21, blind, or disabled.
Talk with an attorney with experience in Medicaid law for more information. For referrals, contact the local Senior Information and Assistance office (I & A) or Coordinated Legal Education, Advice, and Referral at 1-888-201-1014.
