(In effect as of January 1, 2004*)

TABLE 13. MAXIMUM BURIAL ALLOWANCES

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Maximum Maximum

Jurisdiction Amount Jurisdiction Amount

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Alabama................ $ 3,000 Nevada 6/............. $ 5,000

Alaska................. 5,000 New Hampshire......... 5,000

Arizona................ 5,000 New Jersey............ 3,500

Arkansas............... 6,000 New Mexico............ 7,500

California............. 5,000 New York.............. 7/

Colorado............... 7,000 North Carolina........ 3,500

Connecticut............ 4,000 North Dakota.......... 6,500

Delaware .............. 3,500 Ohio.................. 5,500

District of Columbia... 5,000 Oklahoma.............. 8/

Florida................ 7,500 Oregon................ 9/

Georgia................ 7,500 Pennsylvania 10/...... 3,000

Hawaii................. 1/ Puerto Rico........... 1,000

Idaho 2/............... 6,000 Rhode Island.......... 15,000

Illinois............... 4,200 South Carolina........ 2,500

Indiana................ 6,000 South Dakota 11/...... 5,000

Iowa................... 7,500 Tennessee............. 7,500

Kansas................. 5,000 Texas................. 6,000

Kentucky .............. 3/ Utah 12/.............. 8,000

Louisiana.............. 7,500 Vermont 13/........... 5,500

Maine 4/............... 4,000 Virginia 14/.......... 10,000

Maryland 5/............ 5,000 Virgin Islands........ 4,000

Massachusetts.......... 4,000 Washington............ 15/

Michigan............... 6,000 West Virginia........ 16/

Minnesota.............. 15,000 Wisconsin............ 6,000

Mississippi............ 2,000 Wyoming 17/.......... 5,000

Missouri............... 5,000 United States**:

Montana................ 4,000 FECA 18/........... 800

Nebraska............... 6,000 LHWCA.............. 3,000

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*See Introduction page.

**Federal Employees' Compensation Act;

Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.

TABLE 13. MAXIMUM BURIAL ALLOWANCES (cont.)

1/ Hawaii: Funeral expenses will be paid to the mortician at an amount not to exceed ten times the maximum weekly benefit rate allowable for death at the time of death. Burial expenses to the cemetery will be paid at an amount not to exceed five times the maximum weekly benefit rate, when no pre-paid arrangements have been made.

2/ Idaho: Actual expenses of transportation of employee's body to his or her place of residence within the United States or Canada are covered.

3/ Kentucky: If death occurs within four years of the date of injury, as a direct result of a work-related injury, a lump-sum payment of $57,799.31 (to be adjusted annually) shall be made to the deceased’s estate, from which the cost of burial and cost of transportation of the body to the employee’s place of residence shall be paid.

4/ Maine: An additional $3,000 will be paid to the employee's estate as incidental compensation.

5/ Maryland: Burial expenses in excess of maximum are payable if approved by the Workers' Compensation Commission and there are no dependents.

6/ Nevada: Also, transportation expenses are allowed for the deceased and an accompanying person to a mortuary.

7/ New York: Funeral expenses are limited to amounts established in a fee schedule of charges and costs for funeral services established by the Chair of the New York Workers' Compensation Board.

8/ Oklahoma: Where there are no dependents or heirs at law, $5,000 will be paid to decedent's estate for funeral expenses.

9/ Oregon: The cost of burial of a deceased worker cannot exceed 10 times the State's average weekly wage.

10/ Pennsylvania: A maximum of $750 will be paid directly to the undertaker for burial in cases of death resulting from occupational disease.

11/ South Dakota: Costs are allowable to cover transportation of the decedent's remains to community of burial.

12/ Utah: The employer or the insurance carrier shall pay the burial expenses in ordinary cases as established by rule, to be reviewed every two years.

TABLE 13. MAXIMUM BURIAL ALLOWANCES (cont.)

13/ Vermont: An additional amount not to exceed $1,000 will be paid for out-of-State transportation of decedent to place of burial.

14/ Virginia: Reasonable expenses will be authorized not exceeding $1,000 for transportation of the decedent's remains for burial.

15/ Washington: Maximum burial reimbursement is 200 percent of the State's average monthly wage.

16/ West Virginia: Funeral expenses will be reimbursed in an amount that will be changed from time to time by the Division of Workers' Compensation.

17/ Wyoming: Maximum amount indicated unless other arrangements exist between employer and employee under agreement. Wyoming will pay an additional amount of $5,000 to cover other related expenses.

18/ FECA: Provision is also made for embalming, a hermetically sealed casket, and transportation costs for return of the remains of the deceased employee who has died away from home or home office. An additional $200 is payable to the personal representative of the decedent for terminating the decedent's status as an employee of the United States.