Sec. 6. (a) Beginning on the date on which a notice of lien is recorded in the office of the county recorder under section 5 of this chapter, the notice of lien:

(1) constitutes due notice of a lien against the Medicaid recipient’s real property for any amount then recoverable and any amount that becomes recoverable under this article; and

(2) gives a specific lien in favor of the office on the Medicaid recipient’s interest in the real property.

     (b) The lien continues from the date of filing the lien until the lien:

(1) is satisfied; or

(2) is released.

As added by P.L.178-2002, SEC.81. Amended by P.L.224-2003, SEC.73.