Oklahoma § 56-411 - Deceased child or retarded person - Funeral arrangements

§ 56-411. Deceased child or retarded person - Funeral arrangements

and expenses.

Oklahoma Statutes - Title 56. Poor Persons

A. Except as otherwise provided by subsection B of this

section, the Department of Human Services is authorized to make the

necessary funeral arrangements and pay any reasonable burial

expenses incurred upon the death of a child or an individual with

intellectual disability who is either in the custody of the

Department or is a resident of an institution under the jurisdiction

of the Department. When possible, the Department shall make such

arrangements with any funeral home located in the same vicinity as

the institution or in the same vicinity of the place of residence or

home town of the child or the individual with intellectual

disability.

B. The Department of Human Services is not authorized to make

such funeral arrangements or make such burial payments if the

deceased child or deceased individual with intellectual disability

has any relatives or next of kin who is financially able to make the

funeral arrangements and make the burial payments.

Added by Laws 1986, c. 9, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1986. Amended by Laws

2021, c. 129, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.