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Medicaid Planning · Maine

Maine Medicaid estate recovery

Medicaid estate recovery rules for Maine.

Published: Not yet published. Last checked: September 5, 2026.

Recovery scope

Maine limits recovery to nursing-facility services, home- and community-based services, and related hospital and prescription-drug services. Its expanded estate includes probate property and specified nonprobate interests, but excludes joint tenancy in real property.

Source: MaineCare Benefits Manual Chapter VII, section 5 estate-recovery adoption [state-medicaid-agency] — Effective February 20, 2022 Additional authority: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, § 14(2-I) [state-statute] — Generated January 5, 2026; section history through PL 2023, c. 162

Controlling authority

Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, § 14(2-I) governs claims against MaineCare recipients' estates.

Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, § 14(2-I) [state-statute] — Generated January 5, 2026; section history through PL 2023, c. 162

Exemptions and deferrals

A claim does not proceed until there is no surviving spouse and no surviving child who is under 21, blind, or permanently disabled.

Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, § 14(2-I) [state-statute] — Generated January 5, 2026; section history through PL 2023, c. 162

Hardship-waiver path

Maine must waive all or part of a claim when collection would create undue hardship or cost more than the amount likely to be recovered. The statute does not allow hardship relief for an intentional divestment made to prevent recovery.

Source: Maine Revised Statutes, Title 22, § 14(2-I) [state-statute] — Generated January 5, 2026; section history through PL 2023, c. 162

Lien practice

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

State Medicaid agency

Sources

Methodology & sources

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

General information, not legal advice.