Shown verbatim: the complete text as captured from the official page posted by the Virginia General Assembly, fetched 2026-08-29. Where this bill amends existing law, language marked for deletion in the official page appears here in brackets. This is the chaptered version. The official bill page.
CHAPTER 843 An Act to permit the State Board of Social Services to promulgate regulations allowing local departments of social services to pay the reasonable funeral expenses of certain decedents. [H 1405] Approved April 13, 2026 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia: 1. § 1. The State Board of Social Services (the Board) may promulgate regulations to allow a local department of social services to pay the reasonable funeral expenses of a decedent who was a (i) recipient of public assistance or (ii) state resident receiving Supplemental Security Income, if adequate funding is available for a local department of social services to provide such burial assistance. The Board's initial adoption of regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this act shall be exempt from the provisions of the Administrative Process Act (§ 2.2-4000 et seq. of the Code of Virginia).
Every fact on this page links to its source, starting with the official bill record.