County officials would have options when it comes to a final resting state for indigent bodies under a bill moving in the Kentucky General Assembly. Current law requires the burial of these people.
SB 163, approved 27 to nine with one pass, allows for cremation of indigents. GOP Bill Sponsor Greg Elkins told fellow senators as the indigent population continues to rise, it becomes a larger burden for counties. Elkins doesn’t expect many cremated remains to be placed on a shelf.
