Ill. Admin. Code tit. 89, § 117.53 - Payment to Vendor(s)
a) If no
person has agreed to pay the total cost of funeral and burial charges, the
Department will pay the vendor the actual costs of the funeral or burial, or
the maximum allowable amount for each service, whichever is less, provided the
amounts available from the below identified sources are deducted from the
Department's standard:
1) The decedent's
assets and available resources and the anticipated amounts of any death
benefits available to the decedent's estate.
2) Amounts paid and/or arranged to be paid by
a decedent's legally responsible relative(s). A legally responsible relative is
expected to pay funeral and burial expenses unless financially unable to do
so.
b) Amounts available
from the above sources are to be applied first to the cemetery charges and then
to funeral charges.
c) The value of
a casket and/or vault purchased after the person's death by a non-responsible
person or organization shall not affect the amount of the vendor
payment.
d) Payment up to $2000 by
a non-responsible person or organization for services or merchandise that is
not required to be covered by the Department's payment shall not affect the
amount of the vendor payment. When one vendor is requesting payment for both
funeral and burial expenses, the payment up to $2000 can be accepted for each
the funeral services and the burial services.
Notes
Amended at 23 Ill. Reg. 5263, effective April 19, 1999
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