An attempt was made to expand the definition of "estate" for Medicaid estate recovery purposes. Currently, Medicaid estate recovery under New York Law is limited to an individual's property that is part of the Medicaid recipient's estate (assets which pass under a Will or by Intestacy). Hence, assets that pass by operation of law or under a Trust are not subject to recovery. The proposal, if passed, would have expanded the definition of "estate" to include "any other property in which the individual had any legal title or interest at the time of death, including jointly held property, retained life estates, and interests in trusts, to the extent of such interests. This expansion would have caught homes with life estates and assets held in certain trusts.