A. On the death of:
(1) a recipient of financial assistance under Section 27-2-6 NMSA 1978 [repealed] or Section 27-2-7 NMSA 1978 or under the federal supplemental security income program; or
(2) an individual living in a nursing home or an intermediate care facility the payment for whose care is made in whole or in part pursuant to Title 19 of the federal act; funeral expenses up to two hundred dollars ($200) shall be paid by the health and social services department if the deceased's available resources, as defined by regulation of the board, are insufficient to pay the funeral expenses, the persons legally responsible for the support of the deceased are unable to pay the funeral expenses, and no other person will undertake to pay said expenses.
B. No payment shall be made by the department when resources available from all sources to pay the funeral expenses total six hundred dollars ($600) or more. When the resources are less than six hundred dollars ($600), the department shall pay the difference between six hundred dollars ($600) and the resources, or two hundred dollars ($200), whichever is less.
History: Laws 1937, ch. 18, § 11j; 1941 Comp., § 73-121; 1953 Comp., § 13-1-22; Laws 1959, ch. 49, § 1; 1969, ch. 234, § 1; 1975, ch. 220, § 1.
Bracketed material. — The bracketed material was inserted by the compiler and is not part of the law. Section 27-2-6 NMSA 1978 was repealed by Laws 1998, ch. 9, § 28, effective February 28, 1998.
Cross references. — For burial of indigents, see 24-13-1 NMSA 1978 et seq.
Compiler's notes. — "Title 19 of the federal act," referred to in Subsection A(2), means Title XIX of the federal Social Security Act, which appears as 42 U.S.C. § 1396 et seq. See 27-2-2 NMSA 1978.
Funeral expenses of a child of the recipient are not covered by this section. 1943 Op. Att'y Gen. No. 43-4389.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — 79 Am. Jur. 2d Welfare Laws §§ 41, 101.
81 C.J.S. Social Security and Public Welfare § 36.
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