Statute 39-713d: Funeral and cemetery expenses; limitations.
(a) The secretary, on the death of a
recipient of assistance, if the estate of the deceased or other
available resources are insufficient to pay the decedent's funeral and burial
expenses, may pay funeral and cemetery expenses in amounts which shall not
be more than the maximum
amounts fixed for such purposes by rules and regulations adopted by the secretary.
(b) Whenever a cemetery lot has been purchased or acquired for a recipient
of assistance, either before or after death, and such cemetery lot was
not purchased or acquired with public funds, the cost of such cemetery
lot shall not be deducted from the funeral expenses authorized by this
section.
History: L. 1973, ch. 186, § 10; L. 1983, ch. 144, § 1; July 1.