Wyoming Administrative Code › Agency 049 - Family Services, Dept. of › Sub-Agency 0026 - Medical Programs - General › Chapter 8 - BURIAL PROGRAM › Section 8-3 - Definitions

Current through July 13, 2024
(a) "Burial" includes those mortician's
				services required to dispose of the remains of a deceased person in accordance
				with state law. Services may include but are not limited to: removal of the
				deceased from place of death to a mortuary, minimum services of staff,
				professional embalming when required, other preparation of the body (dressing
				and casketing), graveside committal service if requested, minimum casket and
				hearse to the cemetery. Financial assistance shall NOT be provided when a
				burial includes cash advances or funeral services.
(b) "Burial Fund" is a bank account, life
				insurance policy, or written agreement with a funeral home which is
				specifically designated for burial of a specified person and not commingled
				with funds not set aside for burial.
(c) "Cash Advances" are fronted monies
				customarily provided by the funeral director which include, but are not limited
				to, certified copies of the death certificate, cemetery costs, ministerial
				gratuities, musicians and hairdressers. These items may NOT be included in a
				minimum burial/cremation or the Minimum Burial Cost.
(d) "Cemetery Costs" are charges relating to,
				but not limited to, the opening and closing of the grave, plot, vault,
				columbarium, crypt, mausoleum, headstone, and perpetual care. These items may
				NOT be included in a minimum burial/cremation or the Minimum Burial
				Cost.
(e) "Cremation" includes
				those mortician's services required to dispose of the remains of a deceased
				person in accordance with state law. Services may include but are not limited
				to: removal of the deceased from place of death to a mortuary, minimum services
				of staff, professional embalming when required, minimum cremation container,
				transportation to crematory, cost of cremation, return of ashes to next of kin
				and graveside service for internment of ashes if requested. Financial
				assistance shall NOT be provided when a cremation includes cash advances or
				funeral services.
(f) "Financial
				Assistance" is the benefit provided to recipients of the Burial Program in
				accordance with the limitations provided in regulation and policy. The benefit
				shall not exceed the maximum amount allowed by statute.
(g) "Funeral Services" include but are not
				limited to: visitation, church/chapel services, limousine, memorial books,
				folders and other printed goods. These items may NOT be included in a minimum
				burial/cremation or the Minimum Burial Cost.
(h) "MBC" is an acronym for Minimum Burial
				Cost.
(i) "Medicaid Eligible"
				includes individuals who receive benefits under the AFDC, SSI, IV-E, State
				Foster Care, State Subsidized Adoption, and Home/Institutional/Community
				Medical Assistance Programs. The term also includes persons who are authorized
				for Medicaid benefits. Individuals who receive benefits under the Minimum
				Medical Program, State Licensed Shelter Care, State Hospital Placement,
				Qualified Medicare Beneficiaries and/or Special Low-Income Medicare
				Beneficiaries are NOT considered to be Medicaid eligible.
(j) "Medicaid Qualifying Trust" refers to a
				trust or similar legal device established by the applicant/recipient (or
				someone acting on his/her behalf), using his/her own property, under which:
(i) the applicant/recipient is a beneficiary
				of all or part of the payments from the trust, and
(ii) the amount of such distribution is
				determined by one or more trustees who are permitted to exercise any discretion
				with respect to the amount to be distributed to the individual. Medicaid
				Qualifying Trusts include trusts that are irrevocable or revocable. A trust
				established by will, however, CANNOT be considered to be a Medicaid Qualifying
				Trust.