To receive funeral subsidies, the designated beneficiaries or legal heirs shall handle them within three months from the date of death of the recipient.
Village (community) committees, town (office) social security stations, and county (district) urban and rural residents' pension insurance handling centers can all accept applications for funeral expenses subsidies. The application for funeral expenses subsidy accepted by the village (community) shall be submitted to the social security station of the town (office) for review within 3 working days from the date of the applicant's declaration. The town (office) social security station will register the information in the information system, and submit it to the county (district) endowment insurance agency for urban and rural residents for approval before the end of each month.
Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Social Insurance Law.
Article 2 The state establishes social insurance systems such as basic old-age insurance, basic medical insurance, industrial injury insurance, unemployment insurance and maternity insurance, so as to guarantee citizens' right to receive material assistance from the state and society in accordance with the law in case of old age, illness, industrial injury, unemployment and maternity.
Twenty-sixth basic medical insurance for employees, new rural cooperative medical care and basic medical insurance for urban residents shall be implemented in accordance with state regulations.
Twenty-eighth medical expenses that meet the basic medical insurance drug list, diagnosis and treatment items, medical service facilities standards and emergency treatment and rescue shall be paid by the basic medical insurance fund in accordance with state regulations.