(1) All real and personal property and other assets included in the recipient's estate, as defined in Title 18-A, section 1-201; and

(2) Any other real and personal property and other assets in which the recipient had any legal interest at the time of death, to the extent of that interest, including assets conveyed to a survivor, heir or assign of the deceased recipient through tenancy in common, survivorship, life estate, living trust, joint tenancy in personal property or other arrangement.

G.__The department may accept, hold, transfer title to and sell real property to collect a claim under this subsection.__ The department may receive title to real property from a personal representative, special or public administrator, creditor, heir, devisee, assignee or transferee in full or partial satisfaction of a claim under this subsection.

Sec. DDD-10. 22 MRSA §3174-GG is enacted to read:

§3174-GG.__Long-term Care Partnership Program

There is established within the department the Long-term Care Partnership Program, referred to in this section as "the program," to provide incentives for persons to insure the costs of their own long-term care and to alleviate some of the costs of long-term care being paid by MaineCare.__The department shall administer the program as a part of MaineCare, contingent upon federal Medicaid participation, beginning 3 months after the federal Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993 is amended to allow new state partnership programs.

1.__Eligibility.__A person is eligible for the program if that person has purchased a policy of long-term care insurance approved for the purpose of the program and then has used the policy alone or in combination with private resources to pay for long-term care costs at the nursing facility level of care, without resort to MaineCare coverage, for a period of time specified by the program.__In order to qualify for benefits under the program, a person must be eligible under this subsection and meet the other criteria required for long-term care benefits under the MaineCare program as provided in this chapter and in rules adopted by the department.