ESTATE OF WOOD v. DEPT. OF HUMAN SERV.

No. 94-940.

894 S.W.2d 573 (1995)

319 Ark. 697

ESTATE OF Helen H. WOOD, Deceased, Appellant, v. ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

March 6, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Hass, Rogers, for appellant.

C. Norton Bray, Little Rock, for appellee.


NEWBERN, Justice.

Act 415 of 1993 permits the Arkansas Department of Human Services (DHS) to make a claim against a decedent's estate for medicaid payments made on the decedent's behalf prior to death. The Act became effective August 15, 1993. Helen H. Wood died October 4, 1993. The Probate Court allowed DHS's claim against Ms. Wood's estate for $16,697.02 which represented medicaid nursing home payments made between December 26, 1991, and October 4, 1993. The question...

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