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MN HF2164
Bill
Status
3/6/2017
Primary Sponsor
Jeff Howe
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AI Summary
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Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop a policy, eligibility standards, and application form for waiving or reducing burial fees for indigent eligible dependents in state veterans cemeteries.
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Authorizes the commissioner of veterans affairs to grant no-fee or reduced-fee burials to eligible low-income dependents of veterans upon application.
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Adds uncompensated burial costs for eligible dependents receiving no-fee or reduced-fee burials to allowable uses of money from the Minnesota "Support Our Troops" account.
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Applies to eligible spouses and dependent children of veterans buried in state veterans cemeteries.
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Maintains existing provision that service members who die on active duty and eligible veterans receive burials at no charge for plot or interment fees.
Legislative Description
State veterans cemeteries reduced-cost burials to eligible dependents of veterans who are low income provided.
Last Action
Referred by Chair to Veterans Affairs Division
3/6/2017