SB 26-110

Senate Bill 26-110, which has been signed into law, updates terminology related to funeral and final disposition expenses for people who received public or medical assistance. It changes the term "death reimbursement" to "death benefit" and modifies other related terms to better describe how counties cover reasonable costs when a deceased person's estate can't pay and their family can't afford it. This affects individuals receiving public assistance, as well as county governments responsible for handling these expenses. Since the bill is signed, it has become law and is now in effect.

Official Summary

The act changes the term 'death reimbursement' to 'death benefit' and changes the term 'maximum death reimbursement' to 'combined reasonable charges' related to county payments for the reasonable funeral expenses or reasonable final disposition expenses of a deceased public assistance or medical assistance recipient if the decedent's estate is insufficient to pay and the persons legally responsible for the support of the deceased are unable to pay the reasonable expenses.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as enacted.)

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