§ 2a-102-23

2A:102-23 Establishment of dedicated bank account. 5. The Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services shall establish a dedicated bank account into which a pooled trust, depository institution or insurance company shall deposit, by means of electronic funds transfer, any moneys to which the State is entitled under the provisions of section 4 of this act and which are funds of decedents whom the pooled trust, depository institution or insurance company reasonably believes were recipients of benefits of programs specified in section 1 of this act at the time of death. A pooled trust, depository institution or insurance company so making deposits shall periodically, but not less than once each calendar quarter, provide to the Director of the Division of Medical Assistance and Health Services in the Department of Human Services, or his designee, a record of the deposits made along with the names and other identifying information of those decedents. As the basis for the actions specified herein, the pooled trust, depository institution or insurance company shall use reasonable business standards of care and judgment, and is entitled to rely

nts. As the basis for the actions specified herein, the pooled trust, depository institution or insurance company shall use reasonable business standards of care and judgment, and is entitled to rely upon a designation of an account or contract as irrevocable as signifying program eligibility under section 1 of this act. A pooled trust, depository institution or insurance company, as a condition of offering or providing an irrevocable funeral trust or irrevocably assigned newly issued funeral insurance policy within the State, shall comply with the provisions of this act. L.1999,c.193,s.5.