1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1375 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2138
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_________________
PRESENTED BY:
Sally P. Kerans
_________________
To the Honorable Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General
Court assembled:
The undersigned legislators and/or citizens respectfully petition for the adoption of the accompanying bill:
An Act to ensure adequate coverage of funeral expenses in cases of work-related death.
_______________
PETITION OF:
NAME:DISTRICT/ADDRESS :DATE ADDED:Sally P. Kerans13th Essex1/14/2025 1 of 1
HOUSE DOCKET, NO. 1375 FILED ON: 1/14/2025
HOUSE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . No. 2138
By Representative Kerans of Danvers, a petition (accompanied by bill, House, No. 2138) of
Sally P. Kerans for legislation to ensure adequate coverage of funeral expenses in cases of work-
related death. Labor and Workforce Development.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
_______________
In the One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth General Court
(2025-2026)
_______________
An Act to ensure adequate coverage of funeral expenses in cases of work-related death.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court assembled, and by the authority
of the same, as follows:
1 Chapter 152 of the General Laws is hereby amended in Section 33 by striking, the
2following: "In all cases, the insurer shall pay the reasonable expenses of burial, not exceeding
3eight times the average weekly wage in the Commonwealth as determined pursuant to subsection
4(a) of Section 29 of Chapter 151A" and inserting in its place the following:-
5 “Reimbursable final disposition expenses shall include funeral and memorial related
6expenses associated with unplanned death, including but not limited to funeral visitation
7services, purchase of interment space, interment services, flowers, casket, death notices and
8headstone, up to twenty-five thousand dollars or 10 times the average weekly wage, whichever is
9greater."