Okla. Admin. Code § 770:15-7-2

Current through Vol. 42, No. 3, October 15, 2024

Section 770:15-7-2 - Eligibility for Interment of Indigent Veterans Program

To be eligible for Honorable Interment Of Indigent Veterans Program through the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs, a veteran must be honorably discharged and otherwise meet all the following, pursuant to 72 O.S. § 2 and 72 O.S. § 34.

(1)The deceased shall be a veteran as defined by 38 U.S.C. 101(2)[Senate Bill No. 398, 2016].

(A)Who is eligible under 38 Code of Federal Regulation 38.620[Senate Bill No. 398, 2016].

(B)An Oklahoma resident who served in the National Guard or Reserve Component whose only service is active duty training or inactive duty for training but meets all other 38 Code of Federal Regulations 38.620 statutes [Senate Bill No. 398, 2016].

(2)The indigent veteran has been determined to be homeless as defined as follows: A homeless veteran is an individual without permanent housing who may live on the streets, stay in a shelter, mission, abandoned building or in any other unstable or non-permanent situation [Senate Bill No. 398, 2016].

(3)The Veteran shall have died in Oklahoma [Senate Bill No. 398, 2016].

(4) The Veteran shall have been homeless and indigent at the time of death [Senate Bill No. 398, 2016].

(5)The Veteran's estate did not possess money or other assets to pay for or defray funeral expenses [Senate Bill No. 398, 2016].

(6)There is no other person obligated by law to pay for funeral expenses of the deceased [Senate Bill No. 398, 2016].

(7)The veteran's remains have been interred or buried in Oklahoma [Senate Bill No. 398, 2016].

Okla. Admin. Code § 770:15-7-2

Adopted by Oklahoma Register, Volume 34, Issue 24, September 1, 2017, eff. 9/11/2017