Payment of burial expenses

Authority: IC 12-13-2-3 ; IC 12-13-5-3 ; IC 12-13-7-5

Affected: IC 12-14-6

Sec. 1. (a) For the purpose of implementing IC 12-14-6 , a recipient of TANF assistance is that person for whom the recommendation to grant assistance: (1) was approved by the county director of the county office prior to, or on, the date of the person's death; or (2) is approved by the county director of the county office after the date of the person's death and the deceased was eligible on the date of death.

(b) The county office shall pay for the cost of the deceased recipient's burial expenses subject to the following limitations: (1) Payment will be made only to the funeral director or cemetery representative upon submission of a completed claim form prescribed by the division. (2) Payment shall not be made to a funeral director who submits a claim for cemetery expenses unless the director attaches proof to the claim that the director: (A) is the cemetery representative; or (B) has been designated the cemetery representative. (3) In determining the amount to be paid by the county office to the funeral director, contributions paid and payments made or available from the estate of the deceased recipient in excess of the exclusion provided by IC 12-14-6 shall be subtracted from the statutory maximum. The balance of the unpaid expenses, up to the statutory maximum, shall be paid by the county office. (4) In determining the amount to be paid by the county office to the cemetery representative, contributions paid and payments made or available from the estate of the deceased recipient in excess of the statutory exclusion shall be subtracted from the statutory maximum. The balance of the unpaid expenses, up to the statutory maximum, shall be paid by the county office.

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