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Medicaid Planning · Virginia

Virginia Medicaid estate recovery

Medicaid estate recovery rules for Virginia.

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

Recovery scope

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

State Medicaid agency

Controlling authority

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

State Medicaid agency

Exemptions and deferrals

Recovery is restricted when a surviving spouse or a child under 21 or blind or disabled survives, under the conditions in Virginia's recovery rules.

Source: Virginia DMAS Estate Recovery Fact Sheet [state-medicaid-agency] — Revised August 24, 2022

Hardship-waiver path

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

State Medicaid agency

Lien practice

Source unavailable. Check with the state Medicaid agency.

State Medicaid agency

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.