§ 12-14-17-5 — Cemetery expenses payment; contributions excluded in determining amount

The division:
(1) may not consider a combined total of one thousand dollars
($1,000) that is contributed by:
(A) friends;
(B) relatives; and
(C) the resources of the deceased; and
(2) may consider any amount that exceeds one thousand dollars
($1,000) 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. The division
shall raise the dollar amounts in subdivisions (1) and (2) by one
hundred dollars ($100) each year for three (3) years beginning on July
1, 2024.
[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.118-1997, SEC.4; P.L.9-2006, SEC.5; P.L.47-2023, SEC.2.