Alaska Statutes: AS 47.05.073. Judgement, Award, or Settlement of a Medical Assistance Lien. [See Conditional Effective Date Note]..

Alaska Statutes. Title 47. Welfare, Social Services and Institutions Chapter 5. Administration of Welfare, Social Services and Institutions Section 73. Judgement, Award, or Settlement of a Medical Assistance Lien. [See Conditional Effective Date Note]..

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AS 47.05.073. Judgement, Award, or Settlement of a Medical Assistance Lien. [See Conditional Effective Date Note]..

(a) A medical assistance recipient may not maintain any rights to payment for medical costs as a result of a judgment, award, or settlement of an action or claim for which another person may be legally obligated to pay without first making repayment to the department for costs of past medical assistance services provided to or paid for on behalf of the medical assistance recipient that relate to that action or claim.
(b) A medical assistance recipient may not place any payment as a result of a judgment, award, or settlement of an action or claim for which another person was legally obligated to pay because of injury or illness into any trust for the purpose of maintaining public assistance or medical assistance eligibility without first making repayment to the department for costs of past medical assistance services provided to the medical assistance recipient related to that action or claim.
(c) The attorney general may only discharge a medical assistance lien under AS 47.05.075 if the discharge complies with federal law.
(d) Notwithstanding (a) - (c) of this section, a third-party payor shall have no further liability if it settles or compromises a dispute in good faith and without knowledge that the individual is a recipient of medical assistance.

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