Supreme Court of Illinois

In a claim for reimbursement of the Medicaid benefits made against the estate of the spouse of the Medicaid recipient, such a claim is not allowed where federal law, which provides the framework within which the Department of Public Aid administers Medicaid, does not allow the Department to seek recovery from the estate of a surviving spouse.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/18/2006
• Published 05/18/2006

Judges

• Justice KARMEIER delivered the judgment of the court, with opinion:

Court

• Supreme Court of Illinois

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Lisa Madigan, Attorney General, Springfield (Gary Feinerman, Solicitor General, Jan E. Hughes, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven C. Perlis, Tonya Z. Gabbard, Helen Mesoloras, Arlington Heights, for appellee.