California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 14009.6

WIC § 14009.6 Effective Jun 30, 2025Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 7 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)As a result of providing medical assistance for home and facility care to an individual, the state shall, by operation of law, become a remainder beneficiary, to the extent required by Section 1917(e) of the federal Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 1396p(e)), of annuities purchased in whole or in part by the individual or the individual’s spouse in which the individual or the individual’s spouse is an annuitant, except as provided in Section 14009.7, unless the individual or the individual’s spouse notifies the department in writing that they prohibit the state from acquiring a remainder interest in their annuity, in which case subdivision (d) shall apply.

(b)This section shall only apply to the following annuities:

(1)Those purchased on or after February 8, 2006.

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2023, Ch. 42, Sec. 104) by Stats. 2025, Ch. 21, Sec. 80. (AB 116) Effective June 30, 2025. Operative January 1, 2026, by its own provisions.