Cemetery Expenses Payment; Contributions Excluded in Determining Amount

1. Law
2. Indiana Code
3. Human Services
4. Family Assistance Services
5. Supplemental Assistance; Funeral and Cemetery Expenses
6. Cemetery Expenses Payment; Contributions Excluded in Determining Amount

Sec. 5. The division:

(1) may not consider a combined total of four hundred dollars ($400) that is contributed by:

(A) friends;

(B) relatives; and

(C) the resources of the deceased; and

(2) may consider any amount that exceeds four hundred dollars ($400) contributed by:

(A) friends;

(B) relatives; and

(C) the resources of the deceased;

when determining the amount to be paid to the cemetery for expenses under this chapter. However, the resources of the deceased may not be used if the deceased has prepaid funeral expenses that were excluded as a resource for Medicaid eligibility under IC 12-15-2.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citations: 12-1-5-11 part; 12-1-6-11 part; 12-1-7.1-13 part.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.118-1997, SEC.4; P.L.9-2006, SEC.5.

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