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SECTION NUMBER DATE EFFECTIVE <br /> , !r `� ,, r ADMINISTRATIVE 04/07/09 <br /> r .. <br /> Ali F Miscellaneous 908 . 1 <br /> � � POLICY SUBJECT PAGE <br /> t'. tilt <br /> Indian River County Disposal of Indigent <br /> r'.1 # <br /> MANUAL Bodies ( Burial and Cremation) 3 of 3 <br /> I . Banking institutions <br /> j . Nursing Homes <br /> k . Insurance companies <br /> 1 . Friends or acquaintances of the deceased <br /> A request for assistance may be initiated by a relative , other individual , an <br /> undertaker, a nursing home or boarding home , a hospital , an institution, or a local <br /> law enforcement agency. <br /> H . Eligibility : A resident or non-resident , declared to be indigent, is eligible for an <br /> indigent cremation in the event of death in Indian River County. The Department <br /> of Human Services shall request that all hospitals and nursing homes operating in <br /> Indian River County identify non- county residents admitted to the institution , and <br /> in the event of death of the non- county resident, notify the Department of Human <br /> Services . The Division of Human Services shall then transmit a request for <br /> assumption of indigent cremation/burial payment to the county of residence . <br /> I . Insurance : The County will not accept a case if death benefits from insurance , <br /> donations or other funds are equal to or exceed County indigent cremation/burial <br /> payments . <br /> J . Inpatient Accounts : If death occurs while the deceased is a patient in a nursing <br /> home, the County shall request that the nursing home notify the Human Services <br /> Department of any funds which may have accumulated in the inpatient account . <br /> The County shall consider such funds in assessing the indigence of the deceased . <br /> If these funds exceed or are equal to County indigent cremation/burial payments , <br /> the County will not accept the case . If the funds are less than or equal to <br /> the <br /> eligible costs , the County will pay the difference between the funds available and <br /> the eligible costs . <br /> K. Other Death Benefits : if the deceased is eligible for any other death benefits , <br /> including, but not limited to , railroad retirement and/or union death benefits , which <br /> exceed or are equal to county indigent crematim /burial payments , the county will <br /> not accept the case . <br /> L . Reimbursements : The County will file for reimbursement of cremation/burial <br /> expenses from available sources including inpatient accounts , banking institutions <br /> and any other source . <br /> Approved by Board of County CommissionersApri 1 7 , 2009 <br /> Joseph E . Flescher , Vice Chairman DAFF <br />