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FCAME Publications
Read FCAME's testimony in December 2011 recommending changes to Maryland's Office of Cemetery Oversight
Fall 2011, "Plain Talk - the FCAME Newsletter" includes articles on how consumer complaints and funeral home inspections are handled by the Maryland Board of Morticians and Funeral Directors
Summer 2011, "Plain Talk - the FCAME Newsletter" includes articles on cremation, Islamic burials, and proposals to loosen cemetery regulation in Maryland
FCAME Testimony on Maryland HB 556 - March 2011
FCAME Testimony on Maryland SB 245 and 352 - February 2011
Winter 2011, “Plain Talk – the FCAME Newsletter” includes articles on planning your own after-death care, ways to prepay for a funeral, and green burial.
Fall 2010, "Plain Talk - the FCAME Newsletter" includes 12 ways to avoid overpaying on funerals.
Spring 2010, "Plain Talk - the FCAME Newsletter" includes a story on the new Family Security Trust Fund, as well as helpful information on body donation in our area.
Fall 2009, "Plain Talk - the FCAME Newsletter" includes “After I’m Gone - A Planning Checklist,” updates on burial benefits for veterans and regulation of cemeteries in Maryland, a summary of what FCAME has been up to in the last year, and an article on FCA asking Congress for nationwide standards to regulate cemeteries.