2012 Senate Bill 1175

Revise county indigent burial detail

Introduced in the Senate

June 7, 2012

Introduced by Sen. Bruce Caswell (R-16)

To revise the authority of a county welfare program to pay for the burial of an indigent person. The bill would change this to allow county “financial assistance” to cremate the body of an indigent when no family member or court-appointed fiduciary has claimed disposition authority.

Referred to the Committee on Appropriations

June 14, 2012

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the bill pass.