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                                 5752--A

                       2015-2016 Regular Sessions

                            I N  S E N A T E

                              June 2, 2015
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Introduced  by  Sen.  CROCI  -- read twice and ordered printed, and when
  printed to be committed to the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Securi-
  ty and Military Affairs -- committee discharged, bill amended, ordered
  reprinted as amended and recommitted to said committee

AN ACT to amend the general municipal law,  in  relation  to  burial  of
  indigent veterans of the armed forces of the United States

  THE  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM-
BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  Section 1. Section 148 of the general  municipal  law  is  amended  by
adding a new subdivision 1-a to read as follows:
  1-A.  NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER PROVISION OF THIS SECTION, IN THE CASE
OF AN INDIGENT VETERAN WHO DIED IN A COUNTY OR  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK
LEAVING  NO  FUNDS  OR  INSURANCE  SUFFICIENT  TO PAY FUNERAL AND BURIAL
EXPENSES OF SUCH VETERAN AND SUCH VETERAN HAS NO NEXT OF KIN  OR  PERSON
OF  RECORD PREVIOUSLY DESIGNATED TO CONTROL HIS OR HER FINAL DISPOSITION
PURSUANT TO SECTION FOUR THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED ONE OF THE  PUBLIC  HEALTH
LAW,  SUCH  COUNTY  OR  THE CITY OF NEW YORK MAY REQUEST A CONGRESSIONAL
CHARTERED VETERANS' ORGANIZATION WITHIN THE COUNTY OR THE  CITY  OF  NEW
YORK  WHERE  THE  DECEDENT  RESIDED  AT THE TIME OF DEATH, TO ENGAGE THE
SERVICES OF A FUNERAL FIRM TO CONDUCT THE FUNERAL AND  BURIAL  SERVICES.
SUCH  ORGANIZATION  SHALL INCUR THE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH SERVICES,
WHICH SHALL INCLUDE BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO, THE PURCHASE  OF  A  SUITABLE
CONTAINER  FOR BURIAL, THE FUNERAL DIRECTOR'S PRICES FOR MERCHANDISE AND
SERVICES FURNISHED, COST OF A GRAVE SITE AND A MILITARY FUNERAL  SERVICE
AT  THE  CEMETERY  TO WHICH SUCH BODY SHALL BE INTERRED. THE STATE SHALL
REIMBURSE SUCH CONGRESSIONAL CHARTERED  VETERAN  ORGANIZATION  FOR  SUCH
FUNERAL  AND BURIAL SERVICE EXPENSES FOR INDIGENT VETERANS, EXCEPT THOSE
EXPENSES PREVIOUSLY REIMBURSED PURSUANT TO SECTION ONE HUNDRED FORTY-ONE
OF THE SOCIAL SERVICES LAW OR ANY OTHER LAW OR THOSE EXPENSES REIMBURSA-
BLE OR PAYABLE BY THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT;  PROVIDED  HOWEVER,  THAT  THE

 EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                      [ ] is old law to be omitted.
                                                           LBD11401-02-5

              

S. 5752--A                          2

TOTAL  REIMBURSEMENT  PURSUANT  TO THIS SUBDIVISION SHALL NOT EXCEED TWO
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER BURIAL.
  S  2.  This  act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall
have become a law.