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NY A08449
Bill
Status
12/29/2023
Primary Sponsor
Carrie Woerner
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AI Summary
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Applications for burial expense payment or reimbursement by local public welfare officials must include consent forms allowing officials to verify the deceased had no sufficient funds or insurance to cover burial costs.
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Burial expense payment applications cannot be submitted earlier than thirty days after the death of a public assistance or care recipient.
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Banking organizations must release a decedent's account information to requesting local public welfare officials within three business days of the request.
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The act takes effect ninety days after becoming law.
Legislative Description
Requires that applications for payment of burial expenses by a local public welfare official or for reimbursement by a local public welfare official for burial expenses paid by relatives or friends of the deceased shall include all necessary consent forms to permit the public welfare official to directly verify the deceased left no funds or insurance sufficient to pay burial expenses and shall be due no earlier than thirty days following the death of the recipient of public assistance or care.
Last Action
referred to social services
1/3/2024