Tulare Local Healthcare District

UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FRESNO DIVISION 3 In re ) Case No. 17-13797-B-9 ) TULARE LOCAL HEALTHCARE ) DC No. GL-1 ) DISTRICT, ) ) Debtor. ) ) ) ) 9

MEMORANDUM DECISION ON CREDITOR DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE

SERVICES’ MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILE AMENDED CLAIM 197

12 Before: René Lastreto II, Bankruptcy Judge __________________ 14 15 Grant Lien, Deputy Attorney General of California, Sacramento, CA, for the Department of Health Care Services, Creditor. Riley C. Walter, WANGER JONES HELSLEY, PC, Fresno, CA, for Tulare Local Health Care District, dba Tulare Regional Medical 18 Center, Debtor. _____________________ 20 RENÉ LASTRETO II, Bankruptcy Judge: 22 INTRODUCTION To receive payments on allowed claims provided by a Chapter 9 Plan of Adjustment under the Bankruptcy Code, the creditor must file a proof of claim on the approved form. Filed claims can be amended. The question here…