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N.J.A.C. 10:90-8.5 This file includes all Regulations adopted and published through the New Jersey Register, Vol. 56 No. 24, December 16, 2024

NJ - New Jersey Administrative Code > TITLE 10. HUMAN SERVICES > CHAPTER 90. WORK FIRST NEW JERSEY PROGRAM > SUBCHAPTER 8. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR PAYMENT OF FUNERAL AND BURIAL EXPENSES

§ 10:90-8.5 Authorization of payment

(a) Funeral services and cemetery costs shall be separated and paid separately. Funeral directors shall complete and submit Form WFNJ-11M, Affidavit and Petition for Payment Mortuary, to the county or municipal agency to receive payment. Cemetery representatives shall complete and submit Form WFNJ-11C, Affidavit and Petition for Payment Cemetery, to the county or municipal agency to receive payment. The total maximum allowances for a decedent is the sum of the applicable funeral allowance and cemetery allowance pursuant to (a)1, 2, 3, and 4 below. 1. The allowance for funeral services, exclusive of cemetery costs are, as follows: i. The funeral allowance for an adult, which shall apply to decedents two years of age and older, is the total amount charged or $ 3,056, whichever is less; ii. The funeral allowance for a stillborn birth up to six days old is the total amount charged or $ 1,933, whichever is less; and iii. The funeral allowance for a one-week through 23-month-old child is the total amount charged or $ 2,494, whichever is less. 2. The allowance for cemetery costs, exclusive of funeral services are, as follows: i. The cemetery allowance for an adult, which shall apply to decedents two years of age and older, is the sum of all cemetery charges or $ 714.00, whichever is less; ii. The cemetery allowance for a stillborn birth up to six days old is the sum of all cemetery charges or $ 452.00, whichever is less; and iii. The cemetery allowance for a one-week through 23-month-old child is the sum of all cemetery charges or $ 583.00, whichever is less. 3. If the decedent is cremated, then purchase of an urn is a permissible expense and charged to the funeral allowance. When a ground burial is made of the decedent's remains, the cemetery allowance also applies. Crematory charges and burial of the urn are permissible expenses and charged to the cemetery allowance.