PRIOR PRINTER'S NOS. 383, 3050
PRINTER'S NO. 3135
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
408
Session of
2019
INTRODUCED BY STAATS, McNEILL, STURLA, JOZWIAK, SAYLOR, SIMMONS,
BARRAR, CIRESI, SIMS, HILL-EVANS, STRUZZI, WARREN,
CALTAGIRONE, HEFFLEY, BERNSTINE, MURT, KINSEY, FARRY,
DIAMOND, MIHALEK, KORTZ, T. DAVIS, READSHAW, ULLMAN,
DRISCOLL, PASHINSKI, HAHN, POLINCHOCK, SAINATO AND GABLER,
FEBRUARY 6, 2019
AS AMENDED ON SECOND CONSIDERATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
JANUARY 14, 2020
AN ACT
Amending Title 51 (Military Affairs) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Department of Military Affairs,
providing for burial benefits.
The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
hereby enacts as follows:
Section 1. Title 51 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
§ 705.1. Burial benefits.
(a) Notice of deceased serviceperson to county.--
(1) Subject to paragraph (2), a LICENSED funeral
director, funeral entity or cemetery company shall, within 96
hours OF RECEIPT OF THE REMAINS OF A DECEASED SERVICEPERSON ,
notify the county veterans affairs director of a deceased
serviceperson having legal residence in the county at the
time of death and p rovide the family of the deceased
serviceperson with the contact information for the county
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veterans affairs director.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall apply to a cemetery company only
if the cemetery company is providing PROVIDES interment for
the cremated remains of a deceased serviceperson for whom a
LICENSED funeral director or funeral entity did not provide
goods or services.
(b) Definitions.--As used in this section, the following
words and phrases shall have the meanings given to them in this
subsection unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:
"CEMETERY COMPANY." AS DEFINED IN 9 PA.C.S. § 101 (RELATING
TO DEFINITIONS).
"Deceased serviceperson." As defined in section 1908-A of
the act of August 9, 1955 (P.L.323, No.130), known as The County
Code .
"Funeral entity." As defined in 49 Pa. Code § 13.1 (relating
to definitions).
"Licensed funeral director." As defined in 49 Pa. Code §
13.1.
Section 2. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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