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Crow Wing County staff propose adding $50 medical examiner fee to county-funded burial policy
Summary
County staff told the Committee of the Whole on Feb. 18 they want to update the county'funded burial policy to include a $50 medical examiner fee charged when cremation requires medical examiner sign-off; commissioners expressed informal agreement and staff said they can bring a formal action if needed.
Kara Terry, a Community Services staff member, told the Crow Wing County Committee of the Whole on Feb. 18 that county policy already requires the county to pay for cremation or earth burial when a decedent and family lack prepaid funeral plans or funds, citing Statute 261.035.
Tina Eberchowski, a supervisor in Incumbents (Incumbentments in the transcript), described current county limits for immediate services: the county currently pays up to $2,900 for cremation (plus transportation costs when transfer is more than 20 miles) and up to $3,900 for earth burial. Eberchowski…
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