Bulletin: WA000055
Dear Associates:
In April of 2001 we issued Bulletin No. WA000051 to alert you to the enactment of RCW 43.20B.080. Under RCW 43.20B.080, DSHS has a "secret lien" on real property if DSHS paid for medical assistance for an individual who was 55 years or older. "Medical assistance" consists of "nu...
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