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.
As added by P.L.14-2009, SEC.3.
Structure Indiana Code
Title 30. Trusts and Fiduciaries
30-4-3-1.3. Revocable Trusts; Powers of Settlor; Duties of Trustees
30-4-3-1.5. Revocation or Amendment of Trust by Settlor
30-4-3-2. Power to Restrain Transfer of a Beneficiary's Interest
30-4-3-3.2. Perpetual Care Fund Trusts; Trustee Withdrawals
30-4-3-4. Exercise of Powers by Multiple, Successor, or Surviving Trustees
30-4-3-5. Conflict of Interest in Exercise of Powers
30-4-3-7. Self-Dealing; Transactions Between Trusts
30-4-3-7.5. Transactions Authorized
30-4-3-8. Duties of Co-Trustees
30-4-3-9. Duty of Trustee Under Control of Third Persons
30-4-3-10. Liability to Third Persons
30-4-3-11. Potential Liability of Trustee to Beneficiary; Remedies; Removal of Trustee
30-4-3-12. Liability for Breach of Trust by Co-Trustee
30-4-3-13. Liability of a Successor Trustee
30-4-3-14. Contribution and Indemnity
30-4-3-15. Remedies of Trustee Against Third Persons
30-4-3-16. Remedies Among Co-Trustees
30-4-3-17. Remedies of Trustee Against Beneficiary
30-4-3-18. Other Remedies of the Trustee
30-4-3-19. Relief of Trustee's Liability for Breach of Trust
30-4-3-20. Liability of Beneficiary
30-4-3-21. Remedies of Beneficiary Against Third Persons
30-4-3-22. Remedies of the Beneficiary Against the Trustee
30-4-3-23. Remedy of a Beneficiary Against a Co-Beneficiary
30-4-3-24.4. Modification or Termination of Trust by Court
30-4-3-24.5. Termination by Trustee of Trust With Value Less Than $75,000
30-4-3-25. Rescission and Reformation
30-4-3-25.5. Distribution of Terminated Trust; Payment of Federal and State Taxes
30-4-3-26. Power to Direct a Deviation From the Terms of the Trust
30-4-3-29. Removal, Resignation, and Appointment of Trustees
30-4-3-29.3. Power to Appoint a Successor Trustee
30-4-3-29.5. Corporate Trustee That Acquires Trust Due to Change in Control
30-4-3-30. Effect of This Article on the Court's Equity Powers
30-4-3-32. Trustee's Liability for Breach of Trust
30-4-3-33. Trustee Vacancies; Priority for Filling Vacancy
30-4-3-34. Petition to Determine Heirs and Interests in Trust Estate