18.39.255 - Prearrangement contracts -- Insurance funded -- Requirements.

Prearrangement contracts — Insurance funded — Requirements.

Prearranged funeral service contracts funded through insurance shall contain language which:

     (1) States the amount of insurance;

     (2) Informs the purchaser of the name and address of the insurance company through which the insurance will be provided and the name of the beneficiary;

     (3) Informs the purchaser that amounts paid for insurance may not be refundable;

     (4) Informs that any funds from the policy not used for services may be subject to a claim for reimbursement for long-term care services paid for by the state; and

     (5) States that for purposes of the contract, the procedures in RCW 18.39.250(11)(b) shall control such recoupment.

[2005 c 365 § 22; 1995 1st sp.s. c 18 § 63; 1989 c 390 § 4.]

Notes: Conflict with federal requirements -- Severability -- Effective date -- 1995 1st sp.s. c 18: See notes following RCW 74.39A.030.