A04457
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 REPORTED FROM COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, AS AMENDED,
DECEMBER 17, 2019
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 burial benefits.--
(1) The following persons shall be required to provide
information regarding the availability of veterans' burial
benefits to a purchaser of funeral merchandise or a burial
lot:
(i) A licensed funeral director.
(ii) A funeral entity.
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