Requiring the department of social and health services to disclose long-term care financial information and service options to clients. Requires the DSHS to develop a plan to notify clients quarterly of the amount they owe from their estate for using long-term care services. That plan will be submitted to the Legislature by December 12, 1999. The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass. Recovery is deferred while there is a surviving child who is 20 years old or younger or who is blind or disabled.
Recovery is also deferred until the death of the surviving spouse.
Certain hardship provisions to protect dependents heirs may apply. The state will also recover costs of hospital care and prescription drugs for people who receive any long care services. Recovery is also made from the estates of people who receive any state-funded services, such as chore services, adult family homes, or adult residential care. These are collected regardless of the age of the recipient of service. Collection only applies to property the Medicaid recipient owned or had an interest in at the time of death.