Itemized

Families planning a funeral have a federal right to an itemized price list, so they can choose only what they want and compare funeral homes. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) enforces that right with undercover calls and visits; in January 2024 it sent warning letters to 39 funeral homes, and there is no simple way to check a price list before an inspector does. Itemized checks a General Price List (GPL) against the FTC Funeral Rule (16 CFR 453) from a PDF or phone photos of the pages. Meta's Muse Spark transcribes every item, price and required statement. Thirty fixed rules written from the Rule's text decide what passes, and only they can mark a requirement as not passed. Thirteen judgement checks can only send items to a person for review. The result is a letter the cites the Rule and quotes the list, a PDF, and a prompt to fix the missing wording with Meta AI.