Camp v. Office of Recovery Services

OPINION

BENCH, Judge:

Defendant appeals from a declaratory judgment that determined the State was entitled to less than full reimbursement for medical assistance paid on plaintiff’s behalf. We reverse.

The facts in this case are not disputed. On June 15, 1985, the daughter of plaintiff Carol Camp was critically injured in a motor vehicle accident in Nevada. Before her death six days later, Camp’s daughter incurred more than $39,000 in medical expenses.

In order to obtain financial assistance to pay those expenses, Camp filed an application for medical assistance (hereafter “Medicaid” 1 ) from the…