Cemetery and Funeral Bill of Rights© needs to pass Congress.
Congressman Bobby Rush has announced a Cemetery and Funeral Bill of Rights© in the proposed Bereaved Consumers Protection Act.
This is an effective response to the Burr Oak Cemetery Scandal(near Chicago) discovered in July: Over Three hundred graves were desecrated.
In the Eden Memorial Park Scandal discovered in Mission Hills California last week over 500 graves were desecrated.
There has never been nationwide Cemetery Legislation and as of now there is generally no way to file a complaint against a cemetery to get resolution.
Today you can file a complaint against a funeral home and get resolution. This is done under the Funeral Rule.
There is no place to file a complaint for cemeteries.
This is why the legislation makes sense. The bad guys can be stopped,if the cemetery and funeral bill of rights is enacted-proposed Bereaved Consumers Protection Act.
Snippet from NBCchicago.com
“Legislation being introduced by U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush would establish a national bill of rights for consumers of cemetery and funeral home services.
The Chicago Democrat unveiled the Bereaved Consumers Protection Act during a news conference Monday.
The act would amend the Federal Trade Commission’s Funeral Rule. The rule prohibits unfair or deceptive acts or practices in the funeral operations industry.”
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