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A01211
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
HOUSE BILL
No.
164
Session of
2021
INTRODUCED BY STAATS, HILL-EVANS, SCHLEGEL CULVER, HOHENSTEIN,
BOBACK, BROOKS, R. BROWN, ROTHMAN, CIRESI, DeLUCA, ROWE,
DRISCOLL, CONKLIN, SAINATO, SIMS, O'MARA, WEBSTER, THOMAS,
PICKETT, SANCHEZ, SCHMITT, KULIK, JONES, McNEILL, RADER,
N. NELSON AND POLINCHOCK, JANUARY 14, 2021
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON VETERANS AFFAIRS AND EMERGENCY
PREPAREDNESS, JANUARY 14, 2021
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 director of veterans affairs 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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director of veterans affairs.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall only apply to a cemetery company
only if the cemetery company provides interment for the
cremated remains of a deceased serviceperson for whom a
licensed funeral director or funeral entity did not provide
provided no 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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