3. It eliminates preexisting areas of confusion and ambiguity regarding funerals and municipal responsibilities and adds immunity from liability for a general assistance administrator's good faith actions regarding burial and cremation of general assistance recipients. In addition, it provides municipalities the option of not pursuing estranged relatives in order to render funeral assistance.

4. It removes the standard of "knowingly and willfully" from the false representation statutes.

5. It clarifies forfeiture and reduction of benefits.

6. It expands the definition of legally liable spouses and parents.

7. It creates a claimant's right to request rescheduling of fair hearing if just cause for the claimant's failure to appear is established.