Hawaii
For Hawaii, survivor protections is The department shall file a claim against the estate of a deceased recipient of medical assistance for the amount of medical assistance granted, only if the recipient was age fifty-five or over when such medical assistance was received and there is no surviving spouse, or surviving child who is under twenty-one years of age, or blind, or disabled; citation is Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346-37, recorded from its source on 2026-08-31.
- State
- Hawaii our reading
- Survivor protections
- The department shall file a claim against the estate of a deceased recipient of medical assistance for the amount of medical assistance granted, only if the recipient was age fifty-five or over when such medical assistance was received and there is no surviving spouse, or surviving child who is under twenty-one years of age, or blind, or disabled. verified
- Citation
- Haw. Rev. Stat. § 346-37 our reading
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What the source says
§346-37 Recovery of payments and costs of medical assistance.
— capitol.hawaii.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
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Survivor protections
The department shall file a claim against the estate of a deceased recipient of medical assistance for the amount of medical assistance granted, only if the recipient was age fifty-five or over when such medical assistance was received and there is no surviving spouse, or surviving child who is under twenty-one years of age, or blind, or disabled.
— all from capitol.hawaii.gov, retrieved 2026-08-31
Source
- capitol.hawaii.govhttps://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol07_Ch0346-0398/HRS0346/HRS_0346-0037.htm