§ 249.9 — Funeral expenses

Iowa § 249.9

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 249: STATE SUPPLEMENTARY ASSISTANCE

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The department may pay, from funds appropriated to it for the purpose, a maximum
of four hundred dollars toward funeral expenses on the death of a person receiving state
supplementary assistance or who received assistance under a previous categorical assistance
program prior to January 1, 1974, provided:
1. The decedent does not leave an estate which may be probated with sufficient proceeds
to allow for payment of the funeral claim.
2. Payments which are due the decedent’s estate or beneficiary by reason of the liability
of a life insurance, death or funeral benefit company, association or society, or in the form of
United States social security, railroad retirement, or veterans’ benefits upon the death of the
decedent, are deducted from the department’s liability under this section.

Legislative History

[C35, §5296-f25; C39, §3684.17, 3828.021; C46, 50, 54, 58, §241.17, 249.18; C62, 66, 71, 73, §241.17, 241A.11, 249.18; C75, 77, 79, 81, §249.9]