Bill Text: NY S05752 | 2015-2016 | General Assembly | Amended
Bill Title: Relates to the burial of indigent veterans of the armed forces of the United States.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-12-22 - APPROVAL MEMO.33 [S05752 Detail]
Download: New_York-2015-S05752-Amended.html
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 5752--A 2015-2016 Regular Sessions I N S E N A T E June 2, 2015 ___________ Introduced by Sen. CROCI -- read twice and ordered printed, and when printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi- ty and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee AN ACT to amend the general municipal law, in relation to burial of indigent veterans of the armed forces of the United States THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: 1 Section 1. Section 148 of the general municipal law is amended by 2 adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows: 3 1-A. NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, IN THE CASE 4 OF AN INDIGENT VETERAN WHO DIED IN A COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK 5 LEAVING NO FUNDS OR INSURANCE SUFFICIENT TO PAY FUNERAL AND BURIAL 6 EXPENSES OF SUCH VETERAN AND SUCH VETERAN HAS NO NEXT OF KIN OR PERSON 7 OF RECORD PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED TO CONTROL HIS OR HER FINAL DISPOSITION 8 PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH 9 LAW, SUCH COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW YORK MAY REQUEST A CONGRESSIONAL 10 CHARTERED VETERANS' ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE COUNTY OR THE CITY OF NEW 11 YORK WHERE THE DECEDENT RESIDED AT THE TIME OF DEATH, TO ENGAGE THE 12 SERVICES OF A FUNERAL FIRM TO CONDUCT THE FUNERAL AND BURIAL SERVICES. 13 SUCH ORGANIZATION SHALL INCUR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH SERVICES, 14 WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE PURCHASE OF A SUITABLE 15 CONTAINER FOR BURIAL, THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S PRICES FOR MERCHANDISE AND 16 SERVICES FURNISHED, COST OF A GRAVE SITE AND A MILITARY FUNERAL SERVICE 17 AT THE CEMETERY TO WHICH SUCH BODY SHALL BE INTERRED. THE STATE SHALL 18 REIMBURSE SUCH CONGRESSIONAL CHARTERED VETERAN ORGANIZATION FOR SUCH 19 FUNERAL AND BURIAL SERVICE EXPENSES FOR INDIGENT VETERANS, EXCEPT THOSE 20 EXPENSES PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE 21 OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR ANY OTHER LAW OR THOSE EXPENSES REIMBURSA- 22 BLE OR PAYABLE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT; PROVIDED HOWEVER, THAT THE EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD11401-02-5 S. 5752--A 2 1 TOTAL REIMBURSEMENT PURSUANT TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO 2 THOUSAND DOLLARS PER BURIAL. 3 S 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 4 have become a law.