2020 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 9 - PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES
PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
CHAPTER 7 - Basic Health Care
ARTICLE 3.5 - Third Party Liability
Section 14124.78.

14124.78.  

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in no event shall the director recover more than the beneficiary recovers after deducting, from the settlement judgment, or award, attorney’s fees and litigation costs paid for by the beneficiary. If the director’s recovery is determined under this section, the reductions in subdivision (d) of Section 14124.72 shall not apply.

(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 188, Sec. 72. Effective August 24, 2007.)

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