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are collected pursuant to this section and the person who otherwise would have been entitled to such funds is subject to a court-ordered current or arrearage child support payment obligation in an IV-D support case, such funds shall first be paid to the state for reimbursement of Medicaid funds paid on behalf of such person for medical expenses incurred for injuries related to a legal claim by such person that was the subject of the state's right of subrogation, and remaining funds, if any, shall then be paid to the Office of Child Support Services for distribution pursuant to the federally mandated child support distribution system implemented pursuant to subsection (j) of section 17b-179. Any additional claim of the state to the remainder of such funds, if any, shall be paid in accordance with state law. Sec. 453. Section 17b-224 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): A patient who is receiving or has received care in a state humane institution, his estate or both shall be liable to reimburse the state for any unpaid portion of per capita cost, [to the same extent as the liability of a public assistance beneficiary under sections 17b-93 and 17b-95,] subject to the same protection of a surviving spouse or dependent child as is provided in section 17b-95. [and subject to the same limitations and the same assignment and lien rights as provided in section 17b-94.] Sec. 454. Subsection (a) of section 18-85b of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2022): (a) In the case of causes of action of any person obligated to pay the costs of such person’s incarceration under section 18-85a and regulations adopted in accordance with said section brought by such person within twenty years from the date such person is released from incarceration, the claim of the state shall be a lien against the proceeds therefrom in the amount of the costs of incarceration or fifty per cent of