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(1) Receipt of financial assistance pursuant to
this chapter shall obligate an applicant to reimburse the county from which
assistance is received and the catastrophic health care costs program for such
reasonable portion of the financial assistance paid on behalf of the applicant
as the board may determine that the applicant is able to pay from resources
over a reasonable period of time. Cash amounts received shall be prorated
between the county and the state in proportion to the amount each has paid.
(2) A final determination shall not relieve the applicant's duty to make
additional reimbursement from resources if the board subsequently finds within
a reasonable period of time that there has been a substantial change in
circumstances such that the applicant is able to pay additional amounts up to
the total claim paid on behalf of the applicant.
(3) A final determination shall not prohibit the board from reviewing a
petition from an applicant to reduce an order of reimbursement based on a
substantial change in circumstances.
(4) The automatic lien created pursuant to the chapter may be filed and
recorded in any county of this state wherein the applicant has resources and
may be liquidated or unliquidated in amount. Nothing herein shall prohibit an
applicant from executing a consensual lien in addition to the automatic lien
created by filing an application pursuant to this chapter. In the event that
resources can be located in another state, the clerk may file the lien with
the district court and provide notice to the recipient. The recipient shall
have twenty (20) days to object, following which the district court shall
enter judgment against the recipient. The judgment entered may thereafter be
filed as provided for the filing of a foreign judgment in that jurisdiction.
(5) The county shall have the same right of recovery as provided to the
state of Idaho pursuant to sections 56-218 and 56-218A, Idaho Code.
(6) The board may require the employment of such of the medically
indigent as are capable and able to work and whose attending physician
certifies they are capable of working.
(7) Moneys received by a county as reimbursement shall be credited to the
county indigent fund and need not be budgeted or appropriated in the manner
required by chapter 16, title 31, Idaho Code, but shall be available for
expenditure at any time for the purposes of the county indigent fund.
(8) If, after a hearing, the final determination of the board is to
require a reimbursement amount or rate the applicant believes excessive, the
applicant may seek judicial review of the final determination of the board in
the manner provided in section 31-1506, Idaho Code.

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