Bill Text: CT SB00189 | 2016 | General Assembly | Introduced

NOTE: There are more recent revisions of this legislation. Read Latest Draft

---

Bill Title: An Act Concerning Irrevocable Funeral Service Contracts.

Spectrum: Committee Bill

Status: (Passed) 2016-05-06 - Signed by the Governor [SB00189 Detail]

Download: Connecticut-2016-SB00189-Introduced.html

---

General Assembly		Raised Bill No. 189
February Session, 2016		LCO No. 1266
		*01266_______GL_*
Referred to Committee on GENERAL LAW
Introduced by:
(GL)

AN ACT CONCERNING IRREVOCABLE FUNERAL SERVICE CONTRACTS.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Assembly convened:

Section 1. Section 42-207 of the general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu thereof (Effective July 1, 2016):

An irrevocable funeral service contract may be entered into in which the amount held in escrow or a death benefit payable under an individual or group life insurance policy may be disbursed only upon the death of the beneficiary, provided such a contract does not exceed [five] eight thousand [four hundred] dollars and all interest, growth or dividends accumulates to the escrow account or insurance policy and are inaccessible to the beneficiary. Such irrevocable funeral service [contracts] contract may be transferred from one funeral service establishment to another upon request of the beneficiary or a legal representative of the beneficiary. The purchase of an irrevocable funeral service contract shall not preclude an individual from purchasing other funeral service contracts that are revocable, provided any such revocable funeral service contract purchased by a Medicaid beneficiary may be revoked only upon written notice by the Medicaid beneficiary to the Commissioner of Social Services.

This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following sections:
Section 1	July 1, 2016	42-207

Statement of Purpose:

To raise the maximum allowable amount for irrevocable funeral service contracts.

[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not underlined.]