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Medicaid Planning · Alabama

Alabama Medicaid estate recovery

Medicaid estate recovery rules for Alabama.

Published: Not yet published. Last checked: September 2, 2026.

Recovery scope

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

State Medicaid agency

Controlling authority

Alabama Administrative Code Rule 560-X-33-.05

Source: Alabama Administrative Code Rule 560-X-33-.05 [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective January 25, 2016

Exemptions and deferrals

Recovery is delayed until after the surviving spouse's death and while a surviving child is under 21 or blind or permanently and totally disabled.

Source: Alabama Administrative Code Rule 560-X-33-.05 [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective January 25, 2016

Hardship-waiver path

Waiver or delay may apply when a family farm or family business produces limited income and is the sole income-producing estate asset of one or more heirs; each heir applies separately.

Source: Alabama Medicaid Estate Recovery FAQs [state-medicaid-agency] — Dated December 22, 2023

Lien practice

Alabama may place a lifetime lien on real property of certain permanently institutionalized recipients, subject to dependent-relative, intent-to-return, bona-fide-sale, and other exclusions; returning home can cause release.

Source: Alabama Medicaid property-lien procedures [state-medicaid-agency] — Dated April 5, 2021

Sources and update policy

Methodology & sources

Checked at least annually and whenever recovery statutes, waivers, liens, or agency practices change.

This page is educational and is not legal advice.