State v. Estate of Kaminsky

JONES, Justice.

The Idaho Department of Health and Welfare (Department) filed a petition to “establish” a claim in the Estate of Joe Kaminsky (Estate) for recovery of Medicaid benefits, pursuant to I.C. § 56-218. The magistrate judge denied the Department’s petition for untimeliness. The Department appealed and the district judge affirmed the denial of the petition. The Department timely appealed to this Court. We affirm.

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FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

In 1997, Joe Kaminsky (Decedent) was eighty-one years of age and in need of nursing home care. Decedent applied and was approved for Medicaid…