Definitions

Definitions. In this Act: "Burial rights" means rights of internment, inurnment, or entombment. "Cemetery authority" means any individual or legal entity that owns or controls cemetery lands or property that provides burial rights and burial services and merchandise to a child victim consistent with the Cemetery Oversight Act. "Child victim" means a person under 17 years of age killed in this State by a firearm as a result of first degree murder, second degree murder, voluntary manslaughter of an unborn child, involuntary manslaughter, and involuntary manslaughter of an unborn child. "Department" means the Department of Human Services. "Eligible survivor" means the parent or guardian of a child victim, or anyone living in the household of a child victim in a relationship with the victim that is substantially similar to that of a parent, who has a household income of less than 150% of the federal poverty level, qualifies for payment of funeral and burial expenses under this Act, and has or shares the authority to direct the disposition of the remains of the victim pursuant to the Disposition of Remains Act. "Funeral and burial expenses" means expenses that include, but are not limited to, the transport of deceased human remains to a funeral establishment; the preparation of deceased human remains for burial, including cleaning, disinfecting, and embalming; the preparation, direction, and supervision of the burial, cremation, or other disposition of deceased human remains, including furnishing a casket, vault, mausoleum, columbarium, or urn; the administration of funeral arrangements, including providing printed materials, providing transportation of the deceased human remains to the burial site, and furnishing necessary facilities and equipment; and any other service related to the carrying out of funeral or burial services that the Department may allow, if consistent with the law, up to the total allowable amount of disbursement under Section 40. "Funeral establishment" means a State-licensed funeral home, funeral chapel, funeral parlor, or other business that provides funeral and burial services to a child victim. (Source: P.A. 102-754, eff. 5-10-22.)