Title 17. Education

Chapter 22. Able Account Program for Disability-Related Expenses

17:3088.1       ABLE accounts of deceased designated beneficiary; termination; transfer of monies; prohibited actions

A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, when a designated beneficiary dies, the program account established on his behalf shall be terminated. Monies remaining in the account, after payment of all of the designated beneficiary’s qualified disability expenses defined in this Chapter, may be transferred as specified by the account’s owner to either another ABLE program account permitted by Section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code or to the estate of the designated beneficiary. 

B. If the program account of a deceased designated beneficiary does not specify where monies remaining in the account are to be transferred, the remaining monies shall be deposited in the Disability Services Fund separate account established by R.S. 28:826(B)(2)(d) to be appropriated and used as provided in R.S. 28:826(C)(1)(c). 

C. The state shall not file a claim for payment under Subsection (f) of Section 529A of the Internal Revenue Code or seek recovery of any amount remaining in the program account of a deceased designated beneficiary for payments made for qualified disability expenses. 

Added by Acts 2023, No. 96, § 1, eff. June 6, 2023.