DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES v. FONTES

Docket No. A028019.

169 Cal.App.3d 301 (1985)

215 Cal. Rptr. 14

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. EDWARD J. FONTES, as Executor, etc., Defendant and Appellant.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division Three.

May 13, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Machado & Machado and Robert A. Machado for Defendant and Appellant.

John K. Van de Kamp, Attorney General, Charlton G. Holland and Catherine M. Van Aken, Deputy Attorneys General, for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

SCOTT, J.

The sole question in this appeal is whether Welfare and Institutions Code section 14009.51 authorizes respondent Department of Health Services to claim reimbursement for Medi-Cal benefits from the estate of a Medi-Cal recipient, when the recipient died after the effective date of the statute, but the benefits were received before the effective date of the statute.

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