Sunrise Healthcare Corp. v. Azarigian

*802 Opinion

PETERS, J.

Under the medicaid act, 42 U.S.C. § 1396r (c), a nursing facility may require an individual who has legal access to a resident’s assets to sign a contract requiring that individual to use those assets to pay for services rendered to the resident.' The act authorizes such contracts as long as the legal representative is not required to guarantee the payments personally. The issue in this case is whether the contract between the plaintiff nursing facility and the defendant legal representative complied with this statutory requirement. The trial court concluded it did and that…