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Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1690. Medicaid and Medicare - Requires certain notices to be given before estate recoveries can proceed in the Medicaid program. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for HB2200 / *SB1690Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB2200 / *SB1690 Present law allows adjustment or recovery of payments made for medical assistance on behalf of financially needy individuals from the recipient's estate, in limited circumstances. This bill requires certain notice for any adjustment or recovery of payments correctly paid on behalf of a recipient pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act from the recipient's estate, as follows: (1) Upon application for medical assistance, on admission to a long term care facility or institution,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/02/2007 - Action Deferred in SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. to 5/9/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2200. Medicaid and Medicare - Requires certain notices to be given before estate recoveries can proceed in the Medicaid program. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *SB1690 / HB2200Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1690 / HB2200 Present law allows adjustment or recovery of payments made for medical assistance on behalf of financially needy individuals from the recipient's estate, in limited circumstances. This bill requires certain notice for any adjustment or recovery of payments correctly paid on behalf of a recipient pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act from the recipient's estate, as follows: (1) Upon application for medical assistance, on admission to a long term care facility or institution,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/04/2007 - Public Chapter 8 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1599. Probate Law - Makes various refinements to statutes pertaining to probate, estate administration, wills, guardians and conservators, uniform transfers to minors, trusts, life insurance, and taxes. - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34; Title 35; Title 36; Title 56 and Title 67. Fiscal Summary for *HB0417 / SB1599 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB0417 / SB1599 This bill revises various provisions related to estates, living wills, durable powers of attorney, guardianships, transfers to minors, life insurance, and living wills, as follows: (1) Present law requires the clerk to file all claims received during the administration of the estate and to return any claim submitted before the appointment of a personal representative. This bill requires the clerk to file the claims within 12 months [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/04/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 8 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0417. Probate Law - Makes various refinements to statutes pertaining to probate, estate administration, wills, guardians and conservators, uniform transfers to minors, trusts, life insurance, and taxes. - Amends TCA Title 30; Title 31; Title 32; Title 34; Title 35; Title 36; Title 56 and Title 67. Fiscal Summary for SB1599 / *HB0417 MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB1599 / *HB0417 This bill revises various provisions related to estates, living wills, durable powers of attorney, guardianships, transfers to minors, life insurance, and living wills, as follows: (1) Present law requires the clerk to file all claims received during the administration of the estate and to return any claim submitted before the appointment of a personal representative. This bill requires the clerk to file the claims within 12 months [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3796. Probate Law - Prohibits a legatee or devisee of a testator from being awarded the pecuniary value of property sold by a conservator for the best interest of an incapacitated principal in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 32, Chapter 3, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB2848 / HB3796 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB2848 / HB3796 Under present law, a specific legatee or devisee has a right to the specifically gifted or devised property in the testator's estate at death or if the property has been disposed of and a contrary intention is not manifest during the testator's lifetime: (1) Any balance of the purchase price, together with any security interest, owing from a purchaser to the testator at death by reason of sale of the property; (2) Any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 856 Bill TextProbate Law - Includes language in form notice to creditors that states claims against an estate must be filed within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from decedent's date of death. - Amends TCA Title 30, Chapter 2, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB2926 / HB3600 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3566. Probate Law - Authorizes a limited probate process for the purposes of obtaining title or possession of specified assets. - Amends TCA Title 30. Fiscal Summary for *HB3202 / SB3566MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB3202 / SB3566 Under present law regarding the probating of an estate, all claims and demands, including claims and demands by the state, not filed with the probate court clerk or in which suit has not been brought or revived before the end of 12 months from the date of death of the decedent, are forever barred. This statute of limitations does not apply to claims for state taxes, which claims are governed by the present law tax provisions. Under this bill, after the period of time provided for above has expired, a person eligible to administer an estate may petition the probate court for approval to open an estate [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3202. Probate Law - Authorizes a limited probate process for the purposes of obtaining title or possession of specified assets. - Amends TCA Title 30. Fiscal Summary for SB3566 / *HB3202MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB3566 / *HB3202 Under present law regarding the probating of an estate, all claims and demands, including claims and demands by the state, not filed with the probate court clerk or in which suit has not been brought or revived before the end of 12 months from the date of death of the decedent, are forever barred. This statute of limitations does not apply to claims for state taxes, which claims are governed by the present law tax provisions. Under this bill, after the period of time provided for above has expired, a person eligible to administer an estate may petition the probate court for approval to open an estate [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 856 Bill TextProbate Law - Includes language in form notice to creditors that states claims against an estate must be filed within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from decedent's date of death. - Amends TCA Title 30, Chapter 2, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for HB3600 / *SB2926 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary to Summer Study Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2848. Probate Law - Prohibits a legatee or devisee of a testator from being awarded the pecuniary value of property sold by a conservator for the best interest of an incapacitated principal in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 32, Chapter 3, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB3796 / *SB2848 MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3796 / *SB2848 Under present law, a specific legatee or devisee has a right to the specifically gifted or devised property in the testator's estate at death or if the property has been disposed of and a contrary intention is not manifest during the testator's lifetime: (1) Any balance of the purchase price, together with any security interest, owing from a purchaser to the testator at death by reason of sale of the property; (2) Any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 1050 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4077. Probate Law - Establishes certain requirements regarding the provision of information concerning unidentified heirs. - Amends TCA Title 30, Chapter 2; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 47, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for *HB3962 / SB4077Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3962 / SB4077 This bill makes various revisions to probate law, as follows: (1) This bill specifies that any assignment by a person of that person's interest in the estate of a deceased person will be void unless the assignment is in writing, signed by the individual who is the assignor, affirmed before a notary public or other official authorized to take oaths, and, at the time of execution,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1050 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3962. Probate Law - Establishes certain requirements regarding the provision of information concerning unidentified heirs. - Amends TCA Title 30, Chapter 2; Title 47, Chapter 18 and Title 47, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for SB4077 / *HB3962Increase State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4077 / *HB3962 This bill makes various revisions to probate law, as follows: (1) This bill specifies that any assignment by a person of that person's interest in the estate of a deceased person will be void unless the assignment is in writing, signed by the individual who is the assignor, affirmed before a notary public or other official authorized to take oaths, and, at the time of execution,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of Judiciary to Summer Study Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2848. Probate Law - Prohibits a legatee or devisee of a testator from being awarded the pecuniary value of property sold by a conservator for the best interest of an incapacitated principal in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 32, Chapter 3, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB3796 / *SB2848 MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3796 / *SB2848 Under present law, a specific legatee or devisee has a right to the specifically gifted or devised property in the testator's estate at death or if the property has been disposed of and a contrary intention is not manifest during the testator's lifetime: (1) Any balance of the purchase price, together with any security interest, owing from a purchaser to the testator at death by reason of sale of the property; (2) Any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Public Chapter 856 Bill TextProbate Law - Includes language in form notice to creditors that states claims against an estate must be filed within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from decedent's date of death. - Amends TCA Title 30, Chapter 2, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for HB3600 / *SB2926 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 01/29/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Civil Practice and Procedure of JUD Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3566. Probate Law - Authorizes a limited probate process for the purposes of obtaining title or possession of specified assets. - Amends TCA Title 30. Fiscal Summary for *HB3202 / SB3566MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB3202 / SB3566 Under present law regarding the probating of an estate, all claims and demands, including claims and demands by the state, not filed with the probate court clerk or in which suit has not been brought or revived before the end of 12 months from the date of death of the decedent, are forever barred. This statute of limitations does not apply to claims for state taxes, which claims are governed by the present law tax provisions. Under this bill, after the period of time provided for above has expired, a person eligible to administer an estate may petition the probate court for approval to open an estate [...] show full description
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3202. Probate Law - Authorizes a limited probate process for the purposes of obtaining title or possession of specified assets. - Amends TCA Title 30. Fiscal Summary for SB3566 / *HB3202MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB3566 / *HB3202 Under present law regarding the probating of an estate, all claims and demands, including claims and demands by the state, not filed with the probate court clerk or in which suit has not been brought or revived before the end of 12 months from the date of death of the decedent, are forever barred. This statute of limitations does not apply to claims for state taxes, which claims are governed by the present law tax provisions. Under this bill, after the period of time provided for above has expired, a person eligible to administer an estate may petition the probate court for approval to open an estate [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 856 Bill TextProbate Law - Includes language in form notice to creditors that states claims against an estate must be filed within the earlier of four months from notice or 12 months from decedent's date of death. - Amends TCA Title 30, Chapter 2, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB2926 / HB3600 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Jud Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3796. Probate Law - Prohibits a legatee or devisee of a testator from being awarded the pecuniary value of property sold by a conservator for the best interest of an incapacitated principal in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 32, Chapter 3, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB2848 / HB3796 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB2848 / HB3796 Under present law, a specific legatee or devisee has a right to the specifically gifted or devised property in the testator's estate at death or if the property has been disposed of and a contrary intention is not manifest during the testator's lifetime: (1) Any balance of the purchase price, together with any security interest, owing from a purchaser to the testator at death by reason of sale of the property; (2) Any amount of a condemnation award for the taking of the property [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/07/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Public Health and Family Assistance of HHR Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1690. Medicaid and Medicare - Requires certain notices to be given before estate recoveries can proceed in the Medicaid program. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for HB2200 / *SB1690Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB2200 / *SB1690 Present law allows adjustment or recovery of payments made for medical assistance on behalf of financially needy individuals from the recipient's estate, in limited circumstances. This bill requires certain notice for any adjustment or recovery of payments correctly paid on behalf of a recipient pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act from the recipient's estate, as follows: (1) Upon application for medical assistance, on admission to a long term care facility or institution,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/02/2007 - Action Deferred in SenateGW,H&House Resolution Comm. to 5/9/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2200. Medicaid and Medicare - Requires certain notices to be given before estate recoveries can proceed in the Medicaid program. - Amends TCA Title 30 and Title 71. Fiscal Summary for *SB1690 / HB2200Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Other Fiscal Impact - Increase Federal Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB1690 / HB2200 Present law allows adjustment or recovery of payments made for medical assistance on behalf of financially needy individuals from the recipient's estate, in limited circumstances. This bill requires certain notice for any adjustment or recovery of payments correctly paid on behalf of a recipient pursuant to the Medical Assistance Act from the recipient's estate, as follows: (1) Upon application for medical assistance, on admission to a long term care facility or institution,[...] show full description
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