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2024 Indiana Code
Title 12. Human Services
Article 15. Medicaid
Chapter 8. Liens
12-15-8-1. Recipient Asserting Claim Against Another Person for Injury or Illness Resulting From Negligence or Act of Other Person; Lien Against Other Person; Amount of Lien
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IN Code § 12-15-8-1 (2024)
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Sec. 1. Whenever:
(1) the office pays medical expenses for or on behalf of a person who has been injured or has suffered an illness or a disease as a result of the negligence or act of another person; and
(2) the injured or diseased person asserts a claim against the other person for damages resulting from the injury, illness, or disease;
on any recovery under the claim, whether by judgment, compromise, or settlement, the office has a lien against the other person in the amount paid by the office to the extent of the other person's liability for the medical expenses.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-24.6(a).]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9. Amended by P.L.245-1999, SEC.2.
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