§ 12-14-17-2 — Application of section; funeral expenses payment; preferred claim

Indiana § 12-14-17-2

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Art. 14: FAMILY ASSISTANCE SERVICES
• Ch. 17: Supplemental Assistance; Funeral and Cemetery

Text

(a) This section applies upon the death of
either of the following:
(1) A recipient who is receiving supplemental assistance.
(2) An individual who had a disability, was aged, or was blind
who, at the time of death, was certified as eligible to receive
medical assistance under Medicaid.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the division shall pay one
thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) for the funeral director's
expenses of the decedent if the following conditions exist:
(1) The estate of the deceased is insufficient to pay the funeral
director's expenses.
(2) The individual legally responsible for the burial of the
deceased is unable to pay the funeral director's expenses.
(c) If the division determines that the estate of the deceased is
sufficient to pay all or part of the funeral director's expenses, the
division:
(1) shall pay one thousand two hundred dollars ($1,200) for
expenses that the funeral director has incurred; and
(2) may recover the amount paid by the division under this section
as a preferred claim from the estate of the deceased.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citations: 12-1-5-11 part; 12-1-6-11
part; 12-1-7.1-13 part.]

Legislative History

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.1-1994, SEC.59; P.L.273-1999, SEC.87; P.L.9-2006, SEC.1; P.L.99-2007, SEC.92; P.L.205-2013, SEC.186.