To amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make optional the requirement that a State seek adjustment or recovery from an individual's estate of any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of the individual under the State plan under such title.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to change from mandatory to discretionary a State's authority to seek adjustment or recovery from an individual's estate of any medical assistance correctly paid on behalf of the individual under the State Medicaid plan.