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West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Chapter 20
West Virginia Income Maintenance Manual Page 42 Chapter 20 Emergency and Special Assistance Programs
• Date the Accounts Payable Monthly Burial Report was received from the DFA When the Funeral Home Director indicates on the DFA-67-A form (Item 10) that he has applied for, but did not receive, certain resources at the time of burial, the Financial Clerk must develop a control to contact the Funeral Home Director every 60 days from the date entered on the DFA- 67-A form to determine if he received the resource. If the Funeral Home Director receives any resources at a later date, he is required to reimburse the DOHS if these resources: • Are in excess of the exempted resource amount; or • When added to the resource received at the time of burial are in excess of the exempted resource amount. Reimbursement Example: A Funeral Home Director submits a DFA-67-A for a burial. Resources received at the time of burial are $550. Since the resource of $550 did not exceed the exempted resource amount of $1,200, the Funeral Home Director received a check for $1,000 from the DOHS. Later, the Financial Clerk has determined that the Funeral Home Director received additional resources in the amount of $1,300. Total resources received by the Funeral Home Director comes to $1,850 ($550 + $1,300 = $1,850). The exempted resource amount was exceeded by $650 ($1,850 - $1,200 = $650). The Funeral Home Director must reimburse the DOHS for $650. Computation procedures when the actual cost of burial is less than the amount of payment requested from the DOHS and/or resources due to the Funeral Home Director. In order to use this computation procedure, it is necessary to compute the amount of payment requested from the DOHS as outlined on the DFA-67-A, Burial Billing Form, Item 2 through Item 7. The actual cost incurred in providing the burial is used in computing the amount of payment entitled to the funeral home. 20.3.5 DEVELOPMENT OF RESOURCES The development of resources is a joint responsibility of both the DOHS and the Funeral Home Director. However, the DOHS’s responsibility in the development of resources is limited to the estate of the deceased and only in situations when the estate is sufficiently valued to obtain up to the $1,000 reimbursement to the DOHS.