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Emergency amendments of 7 AAC 43.005(c), 7 AAC 47.030, 7 AAC 47.050, 7 AAC 47.060, 7 AAC 47.070, 7 AAC 47.110, 7 AAC 47.180, 7 AAC 47.200, 7 AAC 47.210, 7 AAC 47.220 and 7 AAC 47.900, filed on 4/15/82 (effective 5/17/82), were repealed on 5/25/82 and are therefore not being printed. 7 AAC 47.120. Cash payments. Repealed. (Eff. 3/23/78, Register 65; repealed 10/10/96, Register 140) 7 AAC 47.130. Funeral and burial expenses. (a) The department will pay general relief assistance to a vendor for basic funeral and burial services provided in the state at the rates published in that vendor’s general price list, up to a maximum payment of $1250 to each vendor for each deceased person. Basic funeral and burial services include

(1) preparation and embalming;

(2) provision of a cloth-covered casket with at least four handles and a padded and lined interior, which is similar to Sound Casket Company No. 199 gray domet or Puget Sound Casket Co. No. 0 gray flannel square;

(3) one chapel service at the vendor’s place of business;

(4) use of a hearse; and

(5) use of other facilities and equipment necessary for burial or cremation if the next-of-kin requests cremation. (b) In addition to the payment for basic funeral and burial services identified in (a) of this section, the department will pay general relief assistance for additional necessary services or expenses provided in the state, including

(1) the cost of the least expensive municipal or private cemetery plot that is reasonably available in the locality where the deceased is to be buried;

(2) the reasonable cost of cremation if the next-of-kin requests cremation;

(3) the reasonable cost of opening and closing the grave;

(4) the cost of a hermetic sealer, oversized casket, clothing, extraordinarily lengthy storage, and other extraordinary expenses necessary because of special circumstances, if the division authorizes the service before the service is rendered;