California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14006.41

WIC § 14006.41 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)To be eligible for medical assistance for home and facility care, an individual shall disclose at the time of the individual’s application or redetermination a description of any interest that he or she or his or her spouse has in an annuity, which is known to the individual or his or her spouse, regardless of whether the annuity is irrevocable or is treated as income or as a resource.

(b)At the time of the individual’s application or redetermination, the department shall inform the individual and his or her spouse that, by virtue of its provision of medical assistance for home and facility care to the individual, the state will, by operation of law, become a remainder beneficiary of certain annuities, as described in Section 14009.6.

(c)This section shall be implemented pursuant to the requirements of Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396 et seq.) and any regulations adopted pursuant to that act, and only to the extent that federal financial participation is available.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 379, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2009.