The attorney general may enter the appearance of the state in a proceeding affecting property or resources upon which the state may have a claim for Medicaid to do the following:

1. (1) Prosecute and defend in the proceeding.
2. (2) Institute probate proceedings as a creditor to deceased persons.

3. (3) Enter into a stipulation, a compromise, a settlement, an agreement, or an arrangement with respect to appropriate claims, either in the course of or in the absence of and apart from any action or proceeding.

   [Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 12-1-7-26.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.9.