Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any moneys remaining in an irrevocable funeral trust or irrevocably assigned newly issued funeral insurance policy that are the result of a difference between the price of funeral and burial goods and services actually provided to the intended funeral recipient, as defined in section 19 of P.L. 1993, c.147 (C.2A:102-18), upon that person's death, and the accumulated value of the irrevocable funeral trust or irrevocably assigned newly issued funeral insurance policy, shall be paid over to the State according to the provisions of this act if, at the time of death, the intended funeral recipient was receiving benefits pursuant to section 1 of this act, and the moneys that established the irrevocable funeral trust or the irrevocably assigned newly issued funeral insurance policy were those of the intended funeral recipient or the intended funeral recipient's spouse.
N.J.S. § 2A:102-20