Georgia has been recovering Medicaid costs from deceased recipients' estates since May 3, 2006, under policy set out in the state's aged-blind-disabled Medicaid manual (DFCS PAMMS §2398).
What counts as recoverable in Georgia goes well beyond a plain probate estate. The state's own Chart 2398.1 lists real estate — including the home someone lived in — along with personal property held either individually or jointly, joint-tenancy interests, and life-estate interests, all as fair game for a recovery claim (DFCS PAMMS §2398).
That expanded scope isn't a one-off interpretation, either — Georgia's Secretary of State has compiled an estate-recovery rule that backs up the same broad reading. In other words, describing Georgia's program as reaching only probate assets would conflict with the state's own published materials (Georgia Estate Recovery Rule).