Sec. 25.5. (a) This section applies beginning October 1, 2009. (b) Except as provided in subsection (d), when a trust created to comply with 42 U.S.C. 1396p(d)(4)(A) is terminated, the trustee shall not distribute trust property to any person entitled to payment from the trust until the office of Medicaid policy and planning has been fully reimbursed for assistance rendered to the person for whom the trust was created. (c) The primary purpose of a trust described in subsection (b) is to ensure that the state is repaid Medicaid benefits provided in return for excepting the trust from the general requirements of 42 U.S.C. 1396(d). (d) A trustee may pay federal and state taxes from the trust before reimbursing the office of Medicaid policy and planning.
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