Section 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.