Sec. 9. (a) IC 27-8-23 applies to this section. (b) To the extent that payment for covered medical expenses has been made under the state Medicaid program for health care items or services furnished to a person, in a case where a third party has a legal liability to make payments, the state is considered to have acquired the rights of the person to payment by any other party for the health care items or services. (c) As required under 42 U.S.C. 1396a(a)(25), an insurer shall accept the state's right of recovery and the assignment to the state of any right of the individual or entity to payment for a health care item or service for which payment has been made under the state Medicaid plan. (d) The state may seek reimbursement under 42 U.S.C. 1396k(a) from settlement amounts representing: (1) past medical expenses; and (2) rights to payment of future medical expenses.
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