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MDVA warns offset needed if state eliminates spouse burial fees; committee lays HF840 over
Summary
Chair Bliss presented House File 840 on March 12, 2025, seeking to eliminate burial fees for spouses and eligible dependents in Minnesota state veterans cemeteries; MDVA testified that the change would require a fiscal offset and the division laid the bill over.
Chair Bliss presented House File 840 on March 12, 2025, proposing to eliminate burial fees for spouses and eligible dependents in Minnesota state veterans cemeteries. The Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs told the committee that eliminating the fee would require offsetting funds or an appropriation; the committee laid the bill over.
Cole Trace, government affairs liaison for the Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs, testified that the current spouse and eligible-dependent burial fee is $978 and that the fee level is based on the non-service-connected burial allowance set by the U.S. Department of Veterans…
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