Death - Funeral
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| Alaska |
Maximum of $2,500 for burial expenses. Contact: Workers Compensation Division of the Department of Labor. 1111 West 8th St., Suite 306, PO Box 25512, Juneau, AK 99802-5512. Phone: (907) 465-2790. www.labor.state.ak.us/wc/wc.htm |
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| Arizona |
Maximum benefit of $5,000 for burial expenses. Contact: Industrial Commission. 800 W. Washington St., Phoenix, AZ 85007. Phone: (602) 542-4661. www.ica.state.az.us. |
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| Arkansas |
Maximum of $6,000 for burial expenses. Contact: Workers' Compensation Commission. PO Box 950, 324 Spring Street, Little Rock, AR 72203-0950. Phone: (501) 682-3930 or (800) 622-4472. www.awcc.state.ar.us. |
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| California |
Maximum burial allowance of $5,000 through Workers' Compensation. Contact: California Department of Workers' Compensation. 455 Golden Gate Ave., 2nd Floor, PO Box 429003, San Francisco, CA 94102. Phone: (415) 703-5011. |
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| Colorado |
Maximum burial allowance is $7,000. Volunteers may also receive an additional funeral benefit of not less than $100. Contact: Colorado Division of Workers Compensation, Department of Labor and Employment. 633 17th Street, Suite 400, 1515 Arapahoe Street, Denver, CO 80202. Phone: (303) 318-8700 or 1-888-390-7936. www.coworkforce.com |
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| Connecticut |
Maximum burial benefit is $4,000. Contact: Workers' Compensation Commission. Capitol Place, 21 Oak Street, Hartford, CT 06106. Phone: (860) 493-1500. http://wcc.state.ct.us. |
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| Delaware |
Maximum of $6,000 for a member of a volunteer fire company, ladies auxiliary, or volunteer ambulance and rescue company. Volunteer must have been an active member for at least 10 years of service. Contact: Office of Pensions. McArdle Building, 860 Silver Lake Boulevard, Suite 1, Dover, DE 19904-2402. Phone: (302) 739-4208 or (800) 722-7300. |
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| Florida |
Maximum of $5,000 for burial expenses. Contact: Division of Workers' Compensation, 200 East Gaines Street, Tallahassee, FL 32399-0300. Phone: (850) 413-1601. |
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| Georgia |
Maximum of $7,500. Contact: State Board of Workers' Compensation. 270 Peachtree Street, NW, Atlanta, GA 30303-1299. Phone: (404) 656-3875 or (800) 533-0682. |
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| Hawaii |
Employer shall pay funeral expenses not to exceed 10 times the maximum weekly benefit rate. Burial expenses shall not exceed 5 times the weekly benefit rate. Payments paid directly to the mortician and cemetery selected by the family or next of kin. If expenses are prepaid, benefits go directly to the survivors or next of kin. Contact: Hawaii Disability Compensation Division, Labor and Industrial Relations. 830 Punchbowl Street, Suite #21, Honolulu, HI 96813-5080. Phone: (808) 586-9161. Fax: (808) 586-9219. |
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| Idaho |
Maximum of $6,000 for burial expenses.
Contact: Idaho State Industrial Commission. 317 Main Street, PO Box 83720, Boise, ID 83720-0041. Phone: (208) 334-6000 or (800) 950-2110. www.iic.idaho.gov |
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| Illinois |
Maximum of $10,000 provided through Workers' Compensation. Contact: Illinois Industrial Commission. 701 S. Second St., Springfield, IL 62704. Phone: (217) 785-7084. |
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| Indiana |
Maximum of $6,000 for burial expenses. Contact: Worker's Compensation Board of Indiana. 402 W. Washington Street, Room W196, Indianapolis, IN 46204. Phone: (317) 232-3809 or (800) 824-2667. www.in.gov/workcomp. |
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| Iowa |
Maximum burial allowance of $5,000. Contact: Iowa Division of Workers? Compensation. 1000 East Grand Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50319. Phone: (515) 281-5387 or (800) 562-4692. www.iowaworkforce.org. |
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| Kansas |
Maximum burial expenses up to $5,000.
Contact: Kansas Division of Workers' Compensation, Department of Human Resources. 800 SW Jackson St., Suite 600, Topeka, KS 66612-1227. Phone: (785) 296-2996 or (800) 332-0353. www2.hr.state.ks.us/wc/html/wc.htm. |
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| Kentucky |
All expenses paid. Contact: Kentucky Workers' Compensation, Office of Workers' Claims. 657 Chamberlain Avenue, Frankfort, KY 40601. Phone: (502) 564-5550. http://labor.ky.gov/dwc |
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| Louisiana | None. | ||
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| Maine | Maximum of $4,000 for burial expenses and $3,000 incidental compensation to the volunteer's estate. | ||
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| Maryland |
Maximum of $10,000. Reduced by the amount of any Workers' Compensation benefits paid. Workers' Compensation allows up to $5,000. Exceptions to the limit are made if approved by Workers' Compensation. Contact: Department of Public Safety and Correctional Services. Suite 1000, 300 East Joppa Rd., Towson, MD 21286-3020. Phone: (410) 339-5000 or (877) 379-8636. www.dpscs.state.md.us. |
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| Massachusetts |
Cities and towns may adopt a local option law that autherizes up to $15,000 for line of duty death funeral expenses.
Contact: State Board of Retirement. Room 1219, One Ashburton Place, Boston, MA 02108-1607. Phone: (617) 367-7770 or (800) 392-6014.
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| Michigan |
Maximum burial allowance of $6,000 or actual costs, whichever is less. Contact: Bureau of Workers' Disability Compensation. PO Box 30016, 7150 Harris Drive, Lansing, MI 48909. Phone: (517) 322-1296 or (800) 638-3995. |
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| Minnesota |
Maximum burial allowance of $7,500. Contact: Workers' Compensation Division, State Department of Labor and Industry. 443 Lafayette Road North, St. Paul, MN 55155. Phone: (651) 284-5005. |
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| Mississippi |
Employer or its insurance carrier obligated to pay funeral expenses of up to $2,000. Contact: Mississippi Workers' Compensation Commission. PO Box 5300, 1428 Lakeland Drive, Jackson, MS 39216-5300. Phone: (601) 987-4200. www.mwcc.state.ms.us |
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| Missouri |
A maximum burial allowance of $5,000. Contact: Division of Workers' Compensation, State Department of Labor and Industrial Relations. PO Box 58, 3315 W. Truman Blvd., Jefferson City, MO 65102. Phone: (573) 751-4231. |
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| Montana |
Maximum burial benefit is $4,000 under Workers? Compensation. Volunteers may receive up to $1,500 under PERS. Contact: Public Employee's Retirement System (PERS). 1712 Ninth Avenue, P. O. Box 200131, Helena, MT 59620-0131. Phone: (406) 444-3154 or (800) ASK-PERB. |
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| Nebraska |
Maximum of $6,000 for burial expenses. Contact: Nebraska Workers' Compensation Court. State House, 13th Floor, PO Box 98908, Lincoln, NE 68509. Phone: (402) 471-6468 or (800) 599-5155 (in-state). www.nol.org/home/WC. |
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| Nevada |
Maximum of $5,000 for burial expenses. Contact: Workers' Compensation, Industrial Insurance Regulation Section. 1301 North Green Valley Parkway, Suite 200, Henderson, NV 89074. Phone: (702) 486-9080. dirweb.state.nv.us/iirs.htm. |
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| New Hampshire |
Maximum of $5,000 for burial expenses. Contact: Workers' Compensation Division, New Hampshire Department of Labor. 95 Pleasant Street, Concord, NH 03301. Phone: (603) 271-3177. www.labor.state.nh.us. |
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| New Jersey |
Maximum of $3,500 for burial expenses. Contact: New Jersey Division of Workers' Compensation, NJ Department of Labor. PO Box 381, Trenton, NJ 08625-0381. Phone: (609) 292-2515 or (609) 292-2414. Fax: (609) 984-2515. www.nj.gov/labor/wc/wcindex.html. |
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| New Mexico | None. | ||
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| New York |
Maximum of $6,700 for burial expenses. If the firefighter dies from injuries received in the line of duty as a direct result of firefighting, the maximum does not apply and reasonable expenses will be paid. Contact: New York State Workers' Compensation Board. 20 Park Street, Albany, NY 12207. Phone: (877) 632-4996. www.wcb.state.ny.us. |
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| North Carolina |
Maximum of $3,500 for burial expenses. Contact: North Carolina Industrial Commission, Workers' Compensation. 4340 Mail Service Center, Raleigh, NC 27699-4340. Phone: (919) 807-2500. www.comp.state.nc.us. |
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| North Dakota |
Maximum of $6,500 for burial expenses. Contact: North Dakota Workers' Compensation Bureau.1600 East Century Avenue, Suite 1, PO Box 5585, Bismarck, ND 58506-5585. Phone: (701) 328-3800 or (800) 777-5033. www.workforcesafety.com. |
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| Ohio |
Maximum of $3,200 for burial expenses. Contact: Bureau of Workers' Compensation, 30 West Spring Street, Columbus, OH 43215-2256. Phone: (800) 644-6292. www.ohiobwc.com. |
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| Oklahoma |
Maximum of $10,000 for burial expenses paid to dependent, or if there are none, to the estate. Contact: Workers' Compensation Court No. 8776. 1915 North Stiles Avenue, Oklahoma City, OK 73105. Phone: (405) 522-8776 or (405) 522-8600. www.owcc.state.ok.us. |
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| Oregon |
Volunteers are covered only if the municipality has elected to provide coverage. In this case, a maximum of ten times the state's average weekly wage is paid for burial expenses, including transportation of the body. Contact: Oregon Workers' Compensation Division, Department of Consumer and Business Services. 350 Winter Street NE, Room 27, PO Box 14480, Salem, OR 97309-0405. Phone: (503) 947-7810 or (800) 452-0288. www.cbs.state.or.us/wcd. |
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| Pennsylvania |
Maximum of $3,000 for burial expenses. Contact: Bureau of Workers' Compensation, Department of Labor & Industry. 1171 S. Cameron Street, Room 324, Harrisburg, PA 17104-2501. Phone: (717) 772-4447 or (800) 482-2383. www.dli.state.pa.us. |
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| Rhode Island | None. | ||
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| South Carolina |
Maximum of $2,500 for burial expenses. Contact: South Carolina Workers' Compensation Commission. PO Box 1715, 1612 Marion Street, Columbia, SC 29202. Phone: (803) 737-5700. www.wcc.state.sc.us. |
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| South Dakota |
When injury causes death, the family is eligible for a maximum of $5,000 for burial expenses, including expense of a headstone grave marker. Employer also pays expense of transporting the body to the community where the employee will be buried. Contact: Division of Labor and Management, South Dakota Department of Labor. Kneip Building, Third Floor, 700 Governors Drive, Pierre, SD 57501-2291. Phone: (605) 773-3681. |
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| Tennessee |
Maximum of $7,500 for burial expenses. Contact: Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Workers' Compensation Division, Division of Claims Administration, Treasury Department. 9th Floor, Andrew Jackson State Office Building, Nashville, TN 37243-0243. Phone: (615) 741-2734. www.treasury.state.tn.us/wc. |
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| Texas |
Workers' compensation is not mandatory for career or volunteer firefighters so this benefit may not apply. For those firefighters covered under workers' compensation, there is a maximum of $6,000 for burial expenses, plus the cost of transporting the body to the home area. Contact: Texas Division of Workers' Compensation Commission. 7551 Metro Center Drive, Suite 100, Austin, TX 78744-1609. Phone: (512) 804-4000. www.tdi.state.tx.us/wc/indexwc.html. |
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| Utah |
Maximum of $8,000 for burial expenses in ordinary cases. Unusual cases may result in additional payments either voluntary or by Commission order. Contact: Utah Workers' Compensation Fund. 392 East 6400 South, Murray, UT 84107. Phone: (801) 288-8000 or (800) 446-2667. www.wcf-utah.com. |
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| Vermont |
Maximum of $5,500 for burial expenses. Maximum of $1,000 for out-of-state transportation of the deceased to the place of burial. Contact: Vermont Workers' Compensation. National Life Building, National Life Drive, Drawer 20, Montpelier, VT 05620-3401. Phone: (802) 828-2286. www.state.vt.us/labind/wcindex.htm. |
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| Virginia |
Maximum of $10,000 for burial expenses, plus up to $1,000 for transportation of the deceased. Contact: Virginia Workers' Compensation Commission. 1000 DMV Drive, Richmond, VA 23220. Phone: (804) 367-8600 or (877) 664-2566. www.vwc.state.va.us. |
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| Washington |
The funeral voucher is set at a maximum of $2000. Contact: State Board for Volunteer Fire Fighters and Reserve Officers. 605 E. 11th Avenue #112, PO Box 114, Olympia, WA 98507. Phone: (360) 753-7318 or (877) 753-7318. www.bvff.wa.gov. |
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| West Virginia |
Maximum of $8,000 for burial expenses. Contact: West Virginia Workers' Compensation. PO Box 50540, Charleston, WV 25205-0540. Phone: (304) 926-5048 or (800) 628-4265. www.state.wv.us/bep/wc/default.htm. |
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| Wisconsin |
Maximum of $6,000 for burial expenses. Contact: Wisconsin Workers' Compensation, PO Box 7901, Madison, WI 53707-7901. Phone: (608) 266-1340. www.dwd.state.wi.us/wc/default.htm. |
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| Wyoming |
Maximum of $2,500 for burial expenses, plus an additional $2,500 to cover other related expenses. Contact: Wyoming Workers' Safety and Compensation Division, State of Wyoming Department of Employment. 1510 E. Pershing Blvd., Cheyenne, WY 82002. Phone: (307) 777-7441 or (800) 870-8883. http://wydoe.state.wy.us/doe.asp?ID=9. |
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