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class=\"added-material\">(a)<\/span>\u2002No\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">settlement,<\/span>\u00a0judgment,\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">or<\/span>\u00a0award\u00a0in any action or claim by a beneficiary to recover damages for injuries, where the director has an interest, shall be\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">deemed final or<\/span>\u00a0satisfied without first giving the director notice and a reasonable opportunity to perfect and\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">to<\/span>\u00a0satisfy\u00a0<span class=\"added-material\">the director&#8217;s<\/span>\u00a0lien. \u2002<span class=\"added-material\">Recovery of the director&#8217;s lien from an injured beneficiary&#8217;s action or claim is limited to that portion of a settlement, judgment, or award that represents payment for medical expenses, or medical care, provided on behalf of the beneficiary. \u2002All reasonable efforts shall be made to obtain the director&#8217;s advance agreement to a determination as to what portion of a settlement, judgment, or award that represents payment for medical expenses, or medical care, provided of behalf on the beneficiary. \u2002Absent the director&#8217;s advance agreement as to what portion of a settlement, judgment, or award represents payment for medical expenses, or medical care, provided on behalf of the beneficiary, the matter shall be submitted to a court for decision. \u2002Either the director or the beneficiary may seek resolution of the dispute by filing a motion, which shall be subject to regular law and motion procedures. \u2002In determining what portion of a settlement, judgment, or award represents payment for medical expenses, or medical care, provided on behalf of the beneficiary and as to what the appropriate reimbursement amount to the director should be, the court shall be guided by the United States Supreme Court decision in\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Arkansas Department of Health and Human Services v. Ahlborn (2006) 547 U.S. 268\u00a0<\/span>and other relevant statutory and case law.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p><span class=\"added-material\">(b)\u2002If the beneficiary has filed a third-party action or claim, the court where the action or claim was filed shall have jurisdiction over a dispute between the director and the beneficiary regarding the amount of a lien asserted pursuant to this section that is based upon an allocation of damages contained in a settlement or compromise of the third-party action or claim. \u2002If no third-party action or claim has been filed, any superior court in California where venue would have been proper had a claim or action been filed shall have jurisdiction over the motion. \u2002The motion may be filed as a special motion and treated as an ordinary law and motion proceeding and subject to regular motion fees. \u2002The reimbursement determination motion shall be treated as a special proceeding of a civil nature pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 1063) of the Code of Civil Procedure\u00a0<\/span>. \u2002When no action is pending, the person making the motion shall be required to pay a first appearance fee. \u2002When an action is pending, the person making the motion shall pay a regular law and motion fee. \u2002Notwithstanding\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 1064 of the Code of Civil Procedure\u00a0<\/span>, either the beneficiary or the director may appeal the final findings, decision, or order.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p><span class=\"added-material\">(c)\u2002The court shall issue its findings, decision, or order, which shall be considered the final determination of the parties&#8217; rights and obligations with respect to the director&#8217;s lien, unless the settlement is contingent on an acceptable allocation of the settlement proceeds, in which case, the court&#8217;s findings, decision, or order shall be considered a tentative determination. \u2002If the beneficiary does not serve notice of a rejection of the tentative determination, which shall be based solely upon a rejection of the contingent settlement, within 30 days of the notice of entry of the court&#8217;s tentative determination, subject to further consideration by the court pursuant to subdivision (d), the tentative determination shall become final. \u2002Notwithstanding\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 1064 of the Code of Civil Procedure\u00a0<\/span>, either the beneficiary or the director may appeal the final findings, decision, or order.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p><span class=\"added-material\">(d)\u2002If the beneficiary does not accept the tentative determination, which shall be based solely upon a rejection of the contingent settlement, any party may subsequently seek further consideration of the court&#8217;s findings upon application to modify the prior findings, decision, or order based on new or different facts or circumstances. \u2002The application shall include an affidavit showing what application was made before, when, and to what judge, what order or decision was made, and what new or different facts or circumstances, including a different settlement, are claimed to exist. \u2002Upon further consideration, the court may modify the allocation in the interest of fairness and for good cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">CrowdSourceLawyers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"parent":2019,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-4250","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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