Effective July 1,2021 the state shall have a lien against the proceeds in the amount of the assistance paid . . . that the state is required to recover under federal law. If your client is liable for AFDC/TFA, the state is required to recover under federal law. Department of Correction incarceration, care and/or maintenance for state humane hospital liability is inclusive in federally mandated recovery. Assistance that is no longer recoverable per the new statute is saga medical, saga cash, and state supplemental cash assistance.
