KRS 212.631: Board may recover reasonable value of services furnished.

In any case in which the department renders medical services to a person who is injured

or suffers from a disease, after July 1, 1977, under circumstances creating a tort liability

upon some third person to pay damages therefor, the board may recover from any third

person the reasonable value of the services so furnished or to be furnished and shall, as to

this right, be subrogated to any right or claim that the injured or diseased person, his

guardian, personal representative, estate, dependents, or surviv ors has against such third

person to the extent of the reasonable value of the services so furnished or to be

furnished. The commissioner may also require the injured or diseased person, his

guardian, personal representative, estate, dependents or survivo rs, as appropriate, to

assign his claim or cause of action against the third person to the extent of that right or

claim.