HRS §431L-2
State can take over your right to payment from others
Read the official text at capitol.hawaii.gov ↗If the state's medical assistance program pays for your health care, and someone else is legally responsible for that cost, the state automatically gets your right to collect that money from that other person. This means the state can seek payment from the responsible party instead of you.
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The statute, as written — State's right to third party payments
A copy, taken August 20, 2026. The version published by the Legislature is the one that governs, and it may have changed since. Check it before relying on anything here.
To the extent that payment has been made under the state plan for medical assistance for health care items or services furnished to an individual in any case where another party has a legal liability to make payment for such assistance, the State is considered to have acquired the rights of the individual to payment by the other party for those health care items or services.
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