PRINTER'S NO. 132
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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