2011 Senate Bill 405

Strengthen Medicaid estate recovery procedures

Introduced in the Senate

June 7, 2011

Introduced by Sen. Roger Kahn (R-32)

To require funeral directors to submit death certificates to the state <a href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/2007-SB-374">Medicaid estate recovery program</a> recovery unit. Under this program, the cost of nursing home and other care for Medicaid recipients may be recovered from the person’s estate after death.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations