Section 18.358. Payment limitations.

(1) When an award is ordered for funeral expenses, including burial expenses, the commission shall pay a burial benefit of not more than $2,000 for each victim for the date of injury on or before December 15, 2010 and not more than the amount set forth in section 11 of the act for each victim for the date of injury on or after December 16, 2010.

(2)     Expenses for flowers, gravestones, catering services, or other personal and family accommodations not directly related to the funeral service and disposition of the body will not be considered.

(3)     When the commission awards funeral expenses, which in the absence of commission payment, would be receivable from other public funds, the amount awarded shall not exceed the amount normally paid by the other sources.

(4)   The commission shall not award more than the amount set forth in section 11 of the act for grief counseling for homicide victim’s spouse, children, parents, siblings, grandparents, and grandchildren.

(5)   The commission shall not award more than the amount set forth in section 11 of the act for crime scene clean-up services as allowed under the act.

History: 1983 AACS; 2013 AACS.