Assembly BillIntroduced
A 6324: Requires that applications for payment of burial expenses by a local public welfare official or for reimbursement by a local public welfare official for burial expenses paid by relatives or friends of the deceased shall include all necessary consent forms to permit the public welfare official to directly verify the deceased left no funds or insurance sufficient to pay burial expenses and shall be due no earlier than thirty days following the death of the recipient of public assistance or care.
What A 6324 does, verified January 8, 2026
The proposed law aims to simplify the process of paying burial expenses for individuals who received public assistance. It requires local public welfare officials to obtain consent forms from relatives or friends of the deceased to verify that the deceased left no funds or insurance to cover burial expenses. The law also sets a 30-day deadline for applications to be submitted after the individual's death. Additionally, it allows local public welfare officials to request banking organizations to release a decedent's account information within three business days. The law takes effect 90 days after it becomes a law.
Bill journey
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Last action: referred to social services (2026-01-07)Alert me
Quick answers about A 6324
- What is the current status of A 6324?
- As of January 8, 2026, A 6324 is recorded as "Introduced": it has been introduced and is waiting for its first committee hearing or floor vote. The last recorded action, on January 7, 2026, was "referred to social services".
- Did A 6324 pass?
- Not yet. A 6324 has been introduced and has not passed either house.
- Who wrote A 6324, and where is it now?
- A 6324 was authored by Asm. Carrie Woerner. Its committee of record is Assembly Social Services.
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| Jan. 07, 2026 | referred to social services |
| Mar. 04, 2025 | referred to social services |
Latest bill textIntroduced version, March 4, 2025 · 298 words
STATE OF NEW YORK ________________________________________________________________________ 6324 2025-2026 Regular Sessions IN ASSEMBLY March 4, 2025 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. WOERNER -- read once and referred to the Commit- tee on Social Services AN ACT to amend the social services law, in relation to payment of buri- al expenses by local public welfare officials The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assem- bly, do enact as follows: 1 Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 141 of the social services law is 2 amended by adding a new paragraph (c) to read as follows: 3 (c) (1) Applications for payment of burial expenses by a local public 4 welfare official or for reimbursement by a local public welfare official 5 for burial expenses paid by relatives or friends of the deceased shall 6 include all necessary consent forms to permit the public welfare offi- 7 cial to directly verify the deceased left no funds or insurance suffi- 8 cient to pay burial expenses. Applications for payment or reimbursement 9 pursuant to the provisions of this subdivision shall be due no earlier 10 than thirty days following the death of the recipient of public assist- 11 ance or care. 12 (2) Upon request of a local public welfare official pursuant to this 13 subdivision, any banking organization as defined in subdivision eleven 14 of section two of the banking law shall release a decedent's account 15 information to such official within three business days of receiving 16 such request. 17 § 2. This act shall take effect on the ninetieth day after it shall 18 have become a law. EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [] is old law to be omitted. LBD10265-01-5
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