a cause of action for money or damages arising under any law. See Utah Code 26B-3-1001
Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
Decedent: A deceased person.
Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
Employee welfare benefit plan: means a medical insurance plan developed by an employer under 29 U. See Utah Code 26B-3-1001
Insurer: includes :
(a)
a group health plan as defined in Subsection 607(1) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974;
Intellectual disability: means a significant, subaverage general intellectual functioning that:Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Joint tenancy: A form of property ownership in which two or more parties hold an undivided interest in the same property that was conveyed under the same instrument at the same time. A joint tenant can sell his (her) interest but not dispose of it by will. Upon the death of a joint tenant, his (her) undivided interest is distributed among the surviving joint tenants.
Lien: A claim against real or personal property in satisfaction of a debt.
Life estate: A property interest limited in duration to the life of the individual holding the interest (life tenant).
Medicaid program: means the state program for medical assistance for persons who are eligible under the state plan adopted pursuant to Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act. See Utah Code 26B-3-101
Medical assistance: means :
(a)
all funds expended for the benefit of a recipient under this chapter or Titles XVIII and XIX, federal Social Security Act; and
(b)
any other services provided for the benefit of a recipient by a prepaid health care delivery system under contract with the department. See Utah Code 26B-3-1001
Office of Recovery Services: means the Office of Recovery Services within the department. See Utah Code 26B-3-1001
Personal property: All property that is not real property.
Provider: means a person or entity who provides services to a recipient. See Utah Code 26B-3-1001
Recipient: means :
(a)
an individual who has applied for or received medical assistance from the state;
(b)
the guardian, conservator, or other personal representative of an individual under Subsection (11)(a) if the individual is a minor or an incapacitated person; or
(c)
the estate and survivors of an individual under Subsection (11)(a), if the individual is deceased. See Utah Code 26B-3-1001
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
Tenancy in common: A type of property ownership in which two or more individuals have an undivided interest in property. At the death of one tenant in common, his (her) fractional percentage of ownership in the property passes to the decedent
(2)
“Care facility” means:
(a)
a nursing facility;
(b)
an intermediate care facility for an individual with an intellectual disability; or
(c)
any other medical institution.
(3)
“Claim” means:
(a)
a request or demand for payment; or
(b)
a cause of action for money or damages arising under any law.
(4)
“Employee welfare benefit plan” means a medical insurance plan developed by an employer under 29 U.S.C. § 1001, et seq., the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 as amended.
(5)
“Health insurance entity” means:
(a)
an insurer;
(b)
a person who administers, manages, provides, offers, sells, carries, or underwrites health insurance, as defined in Section 31A-1-301;
(c)
a self-insured plan;
(d)
a group health plan, as defined in Subsection 607(1) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974;
(e)
a service benefit plan;
(f)
a managed care organization;
(g)
a pharmacy benefit manager;
(h)
an employee welfare benefit plan; or
(i)
a person who is, by statute, contract, or agreement, legally responsible for payment of a claim for a health care item or service.
(6)
“Inpatient” means an individual who is a patient and a resident of a care facility.
(7)
“Insurer” includes:
(a)
a group health plan as defined in Subsection 607(1) of the federal Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974;
(b)
a health maintenance organization; and
(c)
any entity offering a health service benefit plan.
(8)
“Medical assistance” means:
(a)
all funds expended for the benefit of a recipient under this chapter or Titles XVIII and XIX, federal Social Security Act; and
(b)
any other services provided for the benefit of a recipient by a prepaid health care delivery system under contract with the department.
(9)
“Office of Recovery Services” means the Office of Recovery Services within the department.
(10)
“Provider” means a person or entity who provides services to a recipient.
(11)
“Recipient” means:
(a)
an individual who has applied for or received medical assistance from the state;
(b)
the guardian, conservator, or other personal representative of an individual under Subsection (11)(a) if the individual is a minor or an incapacitated person; or
(c)
the estate and survivors of an individual under Subsection (11)(a), if the individual is deceased.
(12)
“Recovery estate” means, regarding a deceased recipient:
(a)
all real and personal property or other assets included within a decedent‘s estate as defined in Section 75-1-201;
(b)
the decedent’s augmented estate as defined in Section 75-2-203; and
(c)
that part of other real or personal property in which the decedent had a legal interest at the time of death including assets conveyed to a survivor, heir, or assign of the decedent through joint tenancy, tenancy in common, survivorship, life estate, living trust, or other arrangement.
(13)
“State plan” means the state Medicaid program as enacted in accordance with Title XIX, federal Social Security Act.
(14)
“TEFRA lien” means a lien, authorized under the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, against the real property of an individual prior to the individual’s death, as described in 42 U.S.C. § 1396p.
(15)
“Third party” includes:
(a)
an individual, institution, corporation, public or private agency, trust, estate, insurance carrier, employee welfare benefit plan, health maintenance organization, health service organization, preferred provider organization, governmental program such as Medicare, CHAMPUS, and workers’ compensation, which may be obligated to pay all or part of the medical costs of injury, disease, or disability of a recipient, unless any of these are excluded by department rule; and
(b)
a spouse or a parent who:
(i)
may be obligated to pay all or part of the medical costs of a recipient under law or by court or administrative order; or
(ii)
has been ordered to maintain health, dental, or accident and health insurance to cover medical expenses of a spouse or dependent child by court or administrative order.
(16)
“Trust” shall have the same meaning as provided in Section 75-1-201.
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 306, 2023 General Session
