MN SF2501

Modifies medical assistance estate recovery by expanding what assets constitute a person's recoverable estate to include joint accounts, pay-on-death accounts, brokerage accounts, investment accounts, assets conveyed through living trusts, and proceeds from these sources.

For services rendered on or after January 1, 2014, limits estate recovery claims to medical assistance for recipients age 55 and older that consisted of nursing facility services, home and community-based services, and related hospital and prescription drug benefits.

Allows recovery of medical assistance paid for a predeceased spouse from the surviving spouse's estate, limited to marital property or jointly owned property held at any time during the marriage.

Requires state agencies to amend existing notices of potential claims and liens filed after January 1, 2014, by removing amounts for medical assistance services that did not consist of covered nursing facility, home and community-based, or related hospital and prescription drug services.

Makes changes effective upon federal approval for services rendered on or after January 1, 2014, except the notice amendment requirement which takes effect the day following enactment.