Social services, local dept. of social services allowed to pay reasonable funeral expense.

Removed the 'Enrolled' status and official act title, indicating the bill is no longer in its final, signed form.

Added header information identifying the document as a 'Substitute' proposed by the House Committee on Health and Human Services.

Reformatted the bill text to include line numbers and committee attribution, which is standard for draft versions but does not alter the law's content.

Authority was transferred from the statute itself to the State Board of Social Services, which is now empowered to write the specific rules for the program.

A new funding condition was added, requiring that adequate funding be available for a local department to provide burial assistance before expenses can be paid.

The bill includes an exemption for the Board's initial regulations, allowing them to be adopted without following the standard Administrative Process Act procedures.