HCS/HB 2231 - This act modifies the procedures by which a funeral establishment may dispose of cremated remains. Funeral establishments are authorized to dispose remains in accordance with a cremation contract, except if otherwise prohibited by law. If the remains are not delivered to another funeral establishment or as directed by the person who contracted for the cremation, funeral establishments are also authorized to deliver the remains to any person listed by statute as next-of-kin for the purpose of disposing of a human body. This act requires funeral establishments to send notice of unclaimed cremated remains by regular mail, with confirmation of delivery, rather than by certified mail. The act also eliminates the requirement that a funeral establishment publish notice in the newspaper before scattering or interring cremated remains, when the person or establishment who contracted for the cremation cannot be contacted by mail and does not claim the remains.
This act is identical to provisions in HCS/HB 2388 (2010), HCS/SCS/SB 754 (2010), and similar to a provision of SCS/HBs 2226, 1824, 1832, and 1990 (2010).
EMILY KALMER