Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part II - Public Assistance Manual › Subpart I - Other Income Maintenance Programs › Chapter 283 - PAYMENT FOR BURIAL AND CREMATION › PAYMENT › Section 283.22 - Resources

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
(a) The value of
					 articles of clothing, transportation for the funeral party, newspaper
					 obituaries, flowers and religious services is not considered in determining the
					 Department's payment.
(b) The total
					 value of the following resources is used to determine the Department's payment
					 in accordance with §
											283.21 (relating to Department
					 payment):
(1) A burial reserve and burial
					 space as set forth in §
												177.2 (relating to
					 definitions).
(2) Contributions of
					 money or goods such as a casket, urn, burial plot, crypt or vault.
(3) Cash on hand in the estate of the
					 deceased.
(4) Other personal
					 property in the estate of the deceased that can be readily converted into cash
					 and is not required to meet basic needs of the survivors.
(5) Life insurance death benefits paid to an
					 individual or organization when that individual or organization paid insurance
					 premiums and had an agreement with the insured that the benefits are used for
					 the deceased's burial, cremation, or both.
(6) Burial or cremation benefits, or both,
					 from a lodge or fraternal organization.
(7) A lump-sum death benefit from the Social
					 Security Administration (SSA) as defined in
					 20 CFR
					 401.25 (relating to terms defined) payable to
					 a surviving spouse or to a funeral director.
(i) The individual who assumed responsibility
					 for payment of the funeral expenses may authorize that the lump-sum payment be
					 paid to the funeral director.
(ii)
					 The Department, at the request of the funeral director, may authorize that the
					 lump-sum payment be paid to the funeral director if one of the following
					 occurs:
(A) The individual who assumed
					 responsibility for payment of the funeral expenses does not authorize the
					 payment to the funeral director.
(B) The SSA determines that the individual
					 who arranged burial, cremation, or both, did not assume
					 responsibility.
(iii) The
					 Department will not pay costs for burial or cremation, or both, until the
					 funeral director provides definite information about payment of the lump-sum
					 death benefit.
(8) The
					 lump-sum death benefit from railroad retirement payable to a surviving spouse
					 or a funeral director.
(9) Benefits
					 available from county commissioners on behalf of deceased widows of deceased
					 veterans.
(10) Benefits available
					 for burial in a National cemetery.
(11) Workers compensation benefits designated
					 for burial or cremation, or both, if death results from an accident or injuries
					 sustained in connection with the employment of the deceased.
(12) Awards resulting from accidental death
					 not connected with the employment of the deceased. Pending awards do not reduce
					 the Department payment. When an award is pending, the Department will pay for
					 burial or cremation, or both, and seek recovery when the award is
					 made.
(13) Department of Veterans
					 Affairs death benefits.
(14) Death
					 benefits from United Mine Workers of America welfare and retirement or health
					 and retirement funds.