An application for medical assistance shall give a right of subrogation to the Department of Health and Human Services or its assigns. Subject to sections 68-921 to 68-925 , subrogation shall include every claim or right which the applicant may have against a third party when such right or claim involves money for medical care. The third party shall be liable to make payments directly to the department or its assigns as soon as he or she is notified in writing of the valid claim for subrogation under this section.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 68-716
Department of Health and Human Services; medical assistance; right of subrogation
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Dawes v. Wittrock Sandblasting & Painting, Inc. (2003)
Most recently applied in Dawes v. Wittrock Sandblasting & Painting, Inc. (August 2003)
Laws 1976, LB 239, § 1; Laws 1982, LB 522, § 35; Laws 1988, LB 419, § 14; Laws 1989, LB 362, § 7; Laws 1996, LB 1044, § 300; Laws 1996, LB 1155, § 22; Laws 2006, LB 1248, § 69; …
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