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Committee advances bill requiring funeral firms to notify county veterans affairs directors
Summary
A state House committee unanimously approved House Bill 427, which would require funeral directors and cemetery companies to notify county veterans affairs directors within 96 hours of receiving the remains of a deceased service member and to provide families with the director’s contact information.
House Bill 427, authored by Representative Stets, was advanced unanimously by the House Committee on Veterans Affairs & Emergency Preparedness on a voice vote and will move to the full House. The bill would require funeral directors, funeral entities and cemetery companies to notify the county veterans affairs director of the death of a service member who was a legal resident of the county within 96 hours of receipt of the remains and to provide the deceased’s family with the county veterans affairs director’s contact information.
The bill’s sponsor said the measure responds to families who…
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