Section 5-2-6.1-21 - [Repealed Effective 7/1/2024] Compensable losses(a) This section applies to claims filed with the division after December 31, 2005, and before July 1, 2009.(b) This subsection does not apply to reimbursement for forensic and evidence gathering services provided under section 39 of this chapter.(c) An award may not be made unless the claimant has incurred an out-of-pocket loss of at least one hundred dollars ($100).(d) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), the division may order the payment of compensation under this chapter for any of the following:(1) Reasonable expenses incurred for necessary medical, chiropractic, hospital, dental, psychological, optometric, psychiatric, and ambulance services and prescription drugs and prosthetic devices that do not exceed the claimant's out-of-pocket loss.(2) Loss of income the: (A) victim would have earned had the victim not died or been injured, if the victim was employed at the time of the crime; or(B) parent, guardian, or custodian of a victim who is less than eighteen (18) years of age incurred by taking time off work to care for the victim. A claimant seeking reimbursement under this subdivision must provide the division with proof of employment and current wages.
(3) Reasonable emergency shelter care expenses, not to exceed the expenses for thirty (30) days, that are incurred for the claimant or a dependent of the claimant to avoid contact with a person who committed the violent crime.(4) Reasonable expense incurred for child care, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000), to replace child care the victim would have supplied had the victim not died or been injured.(5) Loss of financial support the victim would have supplied to legal dependents had the victim not died or been injured.(6) Documented expenses incurred for funeral, burial, or cremation of the victim that do not exceed four thousand dollars ($4,000). The division shall disburse compensation under this subdivision in accordance with guidelines adopted by the division.(7) Other actual expenses resulting from the bodily injury or death of the victim, including costs of mental health care, not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) for the immediate family of a homicide or sex crime victim, and any other actual expenses that the division determines reasonable.(e) If a health care provider accepts payment from the division under this chapter, the health care provider may not require the victim to pay a copayment or an additional fee for the provision of services.(f) A health care provider who seeks compensation from the division under this chapter may not simultaneously seek funding for services provided to a victim from any other source.Repealed by P.L. 20-2024,SEC. 14, eff. 7/1/2024.As added by P.L. 47-1993, SEC.2. Amended by P.L. 121-2006, SEC.11; P.L. 129-2009, SEC.5.