PAM Chapter: 4000

Current Policy: The Burial Award Program is available for the purpose of providing burial funds to defray the total cost of funeral, cremation, cemetery, and burial expenses to eligible deceased individuals who have insufficient resources to meet burial costs. The program is mandated by Section 5101.52 of the Revised Code and provides a maximum payment of $750 for an adult and $500 for a child under age eleven.

Reason for Change: With the passage of Amended Substitute House Bill 94, the Burial Award Program has been eliminated. Section 5101.52 of the Revised Code has been repealed and State funding will no longer be available for the program.

New Policy: Effective July 1, 2001, the Burial Award Program will no longer be offered by the state of Ohio. In order to be reimbursed, applications must have been processed prior to the close of business on June 29, 2001. Due to the termination of the program, the deadline for submitting expenditures will be the September 2001 report on the ODJFS 2827. The report is due October 20, 2001.

Rule 5101:1-2-90 of the Administrative Code shall be removed in a future Manual Transmittal Letter.

Action Required: CDJFS applications for the burial award program must have been processed prior to the close of business on June 29, 2001 and no applications shall be taken after this date. Due to the termination of the program, the deadline for submitting expenditures will be the September 2001 report on the ODJFS 2827. The report is due October 20, 2001.

The decision on burial claims made by the CDJFS on denials or the burial award payment is final. The state hearing provisions found in Chapter 5101:6-2 of the Administrative Code are not applicable to burial award claims.