Illinois Administrative Code
Title 89 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Part 117 - RELATED PROGRAM PROVISIONS
Section 117.50 - Funerals and Burials
Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 12, March 22, 2024
a) Funeral and burial services shall be provided to eligible deceased individuals in accordance with Section 117.53.
b) Payment for Funeral Expenses
c) The maximum allowable amount which the Department will pay for burial (including cremation) expenses of an eligible decedent is $350 effective 11/17/99, $425 effective 7/1/00, and $500 effective 7/1/01. On January 1, 2006, July 1, 2006, and July 1, 2007, the Department shall increase the maximum reimbursement amount by a percentage equal to the percentage increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, if any, during the 12 months immediately preceding that January 1 or July 1. On April 6, 2020, the Department shall increase the maximum reimbursement amount for burial (including cremation) expenses to $686.
d) When there is no hospital facility for disposal of amputated limbs by cremation or if burial is desired by the recipient, an allowance of $15 for burial of amputated limbs may be paid to a funeral director.
e) No additional payment shall be made for burial of amputated limbs with the remainder of the body.
f) The maximum allowable amount which the Department will pay for an Anatomical Gift case is $100 effective 11/17/99, $121 effective 7/1/00, and $142 effective 7/1/01 for the funeral home services and $50 for a memorial service held in the funeral home. In a Anatomical Gift case, the body has been donated for scientific study.