CHAPTER 445

An Act to amend and reenact § 37-125.14, as amended, of the Code of
Virginia, relating to expenses of care, treatment and maintenance of
certain persons, and how such expenses shall be collected in certain

instances.
[H 365]
Approved April 3, 1954

Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:

1. That § 37-125.14, as amended, of the Code of Virginia be amended
and reenacted as follows:

§ 37-125.14. The estate of any patient or inmate dying in such
institutions shall be liable only for such amounts as remain unpaid under
an agreement entered into by him or by and between the Department and
his trustee, committee or person acting in a fiduciary capacity for him,
or the unsatisfied portion of any judgment rendered by a court in a pro-
ceeding had under this article, provided, however, that in the event such
agreement was reached by fraud, or concealment on the part of that
person or persons representing the estate of the patient, or that person
or persons legally liable for the support of the patient, by which the
ability to pay was understated, then the Department may recover such
amount as may be proportionate to the true ability to pay, not to exceed
the amount set out in § 37-125.1; provided, however, that in no event
shall recovery be permitted for amounts more than * five years past due
which would have been collected had there been no fraud or concealment.