New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 12 - DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Chapter V - Workers' Compensation
Subchapter A - General Provisions
Part 311 - Funeral Expenses Fee Schedule
Section 311.1 - Funeral expenses fee schedule
Reimbursement for funeral expenses or memorial services under the Workers' Compensation Law, including but not limited to the following items: grave sites; headstone; organist; priest, minister, rabbi or other officiant; removal from hospital; casket; vault; chapel rental; embalming; preparation fees; hearse; cemetery fees including plot; death certificates; newspaper ad; and cremation costs, shall not exceed $ 12,5 00 in the counties of Bronx, Kings, Nassau, New York, Queens, Richmond, Rockland, Suffolk, and Westchester. In the remaining counties, reimbursement for such funeral expenses shall not exceed $ 10,5 00. This fee schedule shall be applicable to deaths occurring on or after June 8, 2016s.