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Home→Agencies→Medicaid Estate Recovery→Florida→When someone dies

Medicaid Estate Recovery in Florida: when someone dies

A 4-step process for Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) — Medicaid Third Party Liability Recovery Program after a death in Florida.

OverviewWhen someone dies

Medicaid Recovery

Florida

ahca.myflorida.com/medicaid/medicaid-policy-quality-and-operations/medicaid-operations/third-party-liability-tpl→

Administering agency

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) — Medicaid Third Party Liability Recovery Program

Phone1-877-357-3268
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

Fla. Stat. 409.9101 (Medicaid Estate Recovery Act)

Verified May 2026

Steps to take

  1. Determine whether the deceased received Florida Medicaid medical assistance at age 55 or older.
  2. Notify the Florida Medicaid Third Party Liability Recovery Program of the death and any probate proceeding, as required by Fla. Stat. 409.910, 409.9101, and 733.2121.
  3. Request the recovery claim amount and treat it as a debt of the probate estate before distributing assets to heirs.
  4. Apply for an undue-hardship waiver, or assert a homestead or other creditor exemption, through the Agency where it applies.

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) — Medicaid Third Party Liability Recovery Program

Phone: 1-877-357-3268

Visit the agency website →

Frequently asked questions

A Medicaid recovery debt is not enforced against property that is exempt from the claims of creditors under the Florida Constitution or state law. Florida's constitutional homestead protections apply to that determination.

Medicaid Recovery

Florida

ahca.myflorida.com/medicaid/medicaid-policy-quality-and-operations/medicaid-operations/third-party-liability-tpl→

Administering agency

Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) — Medicaid Third Party Liability Recovery Program

Phone1-877-357-3268
WebsiteVisit website →

Authority

Fla. Stat. 409.9101 (Medicaid Estate Recovery Act)

Verified May 2026