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Committee approves higher payer limit for indigent veterans' burials (Senate File 11)
Summary
The committee approved Senate File 11 to raise the indigent veterans burial reimbursement by $500 (to $1,500) to cover transportation and related costs; counties and veterans groups backed the change and the committee voted the bill out to the floor.
The Transportation, Highways & Military Affairs Committee voted to approve Senate File 11, a measure to clarify eligibility and raise the reimbursement for indigent veterans’ burials by $500 to account for transportation costs.
Tim Sheppard, executive director of the Wyoming Veterans Commission, said the bill addresses statutory language that previously raised questions about whether…
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