Should any funeral director accept payment from sources other than the income support division of the authority for burial of a deceased person for whom a claim for burial expenses has been made to the division, the funeral director shall immediately notify the division of the payment. The division shall consider the payment in determining the amount of any funeral expense payment it makes. If the division has already made payment, the funeral director shall refund to the division any excess over the amount that the division would have paid had it known of the payment from other sources. If any funeral director fails to notify the division of any such payment from other sources, the funeral director shall be liable to the division in an amount double the amount paid or to be paid by the division. History: 1953 Comp., § 13-1-22.1, enacted by Laws 1975, ch. 220, § 2; 1978 Comp., § 27-2-26; 2024, ch. 39, § 77. ANNOTATIONSThe 2024 amendment, effective July 1, 2024, substituted references to the human services department with the income support division of the health care authority regarding burial expenses paid by the division; and substituted each occurrence of 'department' with ces to the human services department with the income support division of the health care authority regarding burial expenses paid by the division; and substituted each occurrence of 'department' with 'income support division of the authority' or 'division' throughout the section.
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