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05/15/2024 08:06 AM
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House of Representatives
Session of 2023 - 2024 Regular Session

MEMORANDUM

Posted: January 17, 2024 10:22 AM
From: Representative Chris Pielli and Rep. Joe Webster, Rep. Dan L. Miller
To: All House members
Subject: Veteran’s Death Certificates
 
Funeral directors can request death certificates with fees waived for a member of the United States Armed Forces. In the past, spouses of veterans were entitled to receive veteran’s preference death certificates in situations where a veteran predeceases his/her spouse. This was a long-standing practice with many funeral homes for many years.
Last September, the Department of Health issued a notice clarifying that this was a misreading of the law. The clarification was issued to make it clear that death certificates for spouses of a veteran, where the veteran predeceases the spouse, are not eligible to receive the veteran’s preference death certificate. This was an abrupt change in policy for many family members of Pennsylvania veterans.
This legislation would simply amend the Vital Statistics Law of 1953 to make it explicit that spouses of veterans are entitled to receive veteran’s preference death certificates.
Please join us in co-sponsoring this legislation.
 


Introduced as HB1963