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3622 REVIEW DENIED A patient's agreement to reimburse a county from the proceeds of the patient's third party action against parties responsible for an injury, for medical treatment received under the state's Medically Indigent Adult program does not make provision for a lien and can only be enforced by a separate action by the county; under the Government Code a county hospital's lien against the proceeds of a patient's third party action against parties responsible for the injury that required treatment may be enforced only against a judgment recovered by the patient, but not against settlement proceeds; a lien under the Hospital Lien Act can be enforced against a judgment or settlement received by the patient from third parties responsible for the injuries that required treatment, but is limited to 50% of the proceeds.CitationNEWTON v CLEMONS (Hospital Lien) 110 CA4 1 [See: W&IC 17000; CivC 3045.4, 3045.1; GovC 23004.1; Mares v Baughman 92 CA4 672, T/AT 11/01; Mercy Hosp v Farmers 15 C4 213, T/AT 4/97]
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