105 - Claim on insurance.

§  105.    Claim  on insurance.   If a person, who has received public  assistance or care, shall die leaving insurance, and the estate  of  the  assured  is named as beneficiary, or no beneficiary is named, the social  services official shall be entitled to a preferred claim to be paid  out  of such insurance to the amount of the cost of such assistance and care,  and  for  funeral  expenses not to exceed two hundred fifty dollars.  If  the insured leaves a surviving spouse  or  children  under  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  who are, or are liable to become, public charges, the  social services official may, in his discretion, waive his claim to such  insurance or any part thereof to which he would otherwise be entitled.