2015 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 17b - Social Services
Chapter 319s - Financial Assistance
Section 17b-84 - (Formerly Sec. 17-82i). Funeral and burial allowance for state supplement or temporary family assistance program beneficiaries. Reductions.

Upon the death of any beneficiary under the state supplement or the temporary family assistance program, the Commissioner of Social Services shall order the payment of a sum not to exceed one thousand four hundred dollars as an allowance toward the funeral and burial expenses of such deceased. The payment for funeral and burial expenses shall be reduced by the amount in any revocable or irrevocable funeral fund, prepaid funeral contract or the face value of any life insurance policy owned by the recipient. Contributions may be made by any person for the cost of the funeral and burial expenses of the deceased over and above the sum established under this section without thereby diminishing the state’s obligation.

(1969, P.A. 730, S. 21; 1972, P.A. 154, S. 1; P.A. 77-604, S. 9, 84; P.A. 78-337, S. 3, 11; P.A. 86-290, S. 2, 10; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2, S. 32, 165; P.A. 06-188, S. 17; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5, S. 385.)

History: 1972 act replaced $150 and $50 limits on funeral and burial expenses, respectively, with limit under Sec. 17-82q and clarified statements re persons to be paid; P.A. 77-604 corrected faulty section reference; P.A. 78-337 restated provisions in simpler form; P.A. 86-290 added a reference to the state supplement or the aid to families with dependent children program, required the commissioner to order an allowance toward funeral and burial expenses and amended the method of establishing the sum of allowance due; Sec. 17-82i transferred to Sec. 17b-84 in 1995; June 18 Sp. Sess. P.A. 97-2 replaced a reference to aid to families with dependent children with temporary family assistance, effective July 1, 1997; P.A. 06-188 made technical changes and increased funeral and burial allowance from $1,200 to $1,800, effective July 1, 2006; June Sp. Sess. P.A. 15-5 reduced state funeral and burial allowance from $1,800 to $1,400, effective July 1, 2015.