Bill Text: CT SB00105 | 2016 | General Assembly | Comm Sub
Bill Title: An Act Concerning The Payment Of Funeral And Burial Expenses By The Department Of Social Services.
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2016-04-22 - House Calendar Number 455 [SB00105 Detail]
Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00105-Comm_Sub.html
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February Session, 2016 |
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AN ACT CONCERNING THE PAYMENT OF FUNERAL AND BURIAL EXPENSES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:
Section 1. Section 17b-84 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(a) Upon the death of any beneficiary under the state supplement or the temporary family assistance program, the Commissioner of Social Services shall order the payment of a sum not to exceed one thousand four hundred dollars as an allowance toward the funeral and burial expenses of such [deceased] decedent. The payment for funeral and burial expenses shall be reduced by (1) the amount in any revocable or irrevocable funeral fund, (2) any prepaid funeral contract, [or] (3) the face value of any life insurance policy owned by the [recipient. Contributions may be made by any person for the cost of the funeral and burial expenses of the deceased over and above the sum established under this section without thereby diminishing the state's obligation.] decedent, (4) the net value of all liquid assets in the decedent's estate, and (5) contributions in excess of three thousand two hundred dollars toward such funeral and burial expenses from all other sources, including friends, relatives and all other persons, organizations, agencies, veterans' programs and other benefit programs.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
Sec. 2. Section 17b-131 of the 2016 supplement to the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
(a) When a person in any town, or sent from such town to any licensed institution or state humane institution, dies or is found dead therein and does not leave sufficient estate [or] and has no legally liable relative able to pay the cost of a proper funeral and burial, or upon the death of any beneficiary under the state-administered general assistance program, the Commissioner of Social Services shall give to such person a proper funeral and burial, and shall pay a sum not exceeding one thousand four hundred dollars as an allowance toward the funeral expenses of such [deceased, said] decedent. Said sum [to] shall be paid, upon submission of a proper bill, to the funeral director, cemetery or crematory, as the case may be. Such payment for funeral and burial expenses shall be reduced by (1) the amount in any revocable or irrevocable funeral fund, (2) any prepaid funeral contract, (3) the face value of any life insurance policy owned by the decedent, [and] (4) the net value of all liquid assets in the decedent's estate, and (5) contributions in excess of three thousand two hundred dollars toward such funeral and burial expenses from all other sources including friends, relatives and all other persons, organizations, [veterans' and other benefit programs and other agencies] agencies, veterans' programs and other benefit programs.
(b) The Commissioner of Social Services may adopt regulations, in accordance with chapter 54, to implement the provisions of this section.
Sec. 3. Section 17b-198 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):
The Commissioner of Social Services shall adopt regulations, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54, to implement policies and procedures necessary to carry out the purposes of sections [17b-131,] 17b-191 to 17b-194, inclusive, and 17b-197. The Commissioner of Social Services shall implement such policies and procedures while in the process of adopting such policies and procedures as regulations, or amending existing regulations provided notice of intent to adopt or amend the regulations is published [in the Connecticut Law Journal] on the eRegulations System within twenty days of implementation, and such policies and procedures shall be valid until the time final regulations are effective. The commissioner shall also amend any regulations in existence on August 20, 2003, to conform to the provisions of this section and sections [17b-131,] 17b-191 to 17b-194, inclusive, and 17b-197.
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections: | ||
Section 1 |
July 1, 2016 |
17b-84 |
Sec. 2 |
July 1, 2016 |
17b-131 |
Sec. 3 |
July 1, 2016 |
17b-198 |
HS |
Joint Favorable Subst. |
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APP |
Joint Favorable |