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Committee adjusts indigent veteran burial rules and expands county/DFS coordination
Summary
The committee unanimously amended a draft to align county indigent-burial payments with the Department of Family Services program, increased Department of Family Services reimbursement levels and made county payments a payer-of-last-resort for veteran cases, then sponsored the bill.
The Joint Military Committee on Aug. 18 amended a bill draft addressing burial assistance for indigent veterans and voted to sponsor the revised measure.
Tim Shepherd, executive director of the Wyoming Veterans Commission, told the committee that recent statutory changes had unintentionally complicated payments because multiple titles (health, welfare, county law) overlap. He said county commissioners were concerned that many indigent veterans qualify for federal or state programs that exclude them from county…
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