Wyoming law provides burial help for eligible veterans and residents

County commissioners provide for the preparation, transport, and burial of eligible veterans. The printed provisions cover veterans who served for the United States in a war or conflict; the county must check service, discharge, residence, and financial circumstances under the stated rules. The county determines under its own procedures that the veteran meets the service and discharge requirements and died in the county without enough money for necessary funeral expenses. A dishonorably discharged veteran is not covered. County payment is a last resort, after other sources and benefits. By August 1 each year, a county may ask the Department of Family Services to repay eligible expenses from the previous fiscal year.

The Department of Family Services pays eligible recipients' burial or cremation costs and certain veterans' transportation costs. Burial or cremation help covers people receiving POWER, Supplemental Security Income, or Medicaid at death. Transportation help covers qualifying veterans. Help depends on available funds and the person lacking enough money in their estate or other resources; other available funds are considered first. The printed burial or cremation limit shows both $1,000 and $1,500, so the final amount is unclear. Cemetery costs are excluded. For a veteran's transportation to a veterans cemetery, the veteran must qualify both for burial there and for burial-expense help; payment is capped at $500. The act takes effect July 1, 2026.