SLS 10RS-458 ORIGINAL Page 1 of 3 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. Regular Session, 2010 SENATE BILL NO. 177 BY SENATOR THOMPSON CRIME/PUNISHMENT. Provides relative to expanding eligibility criteria for crime victim reparations. (8/15/10) AN ACT1 To amend and reenact R.S. 46:1802(8)(a) and to enact 46:1802(8)(b)(v) and R.S.2 46:1806(D), relative to crime victims reparations; to provide for definitions; to3 provide for application requirements; and to provide for related matters.4 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:5 Section 1. R.S. 46:1802(8)(a) is hereby amended and reenacted and R.S.6 46:1802(8)(b)(v) and 46:1806(D) are enacted to read as follows: 7 §1802. Definitions8 As used in this Chapter:9 * * *10 (8) "Pecuniary loss" means the amount of expense reasonably and11 necessarily incurred by reason of personal injury, as a consequence of death, or a12 catastrophic property loss, and includes:13 (a) For personal injury:14 (i) Medical, hospital, nursing, or psychiatric care or counseling, and physical15 therapy.16 (ii) Actual loss of past earnings and anticipated loss of future earnings17 SB NO. 177 SLS 10RS-458 ORIGINAL Page 2 of 3 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. because of a disability resulting from the personal injury or the receipt of medically1 indicated services related to a disability resulting from the personal injury.2 (iii) Care of a child or children enabling a victim or the spouse, but not both3 of them, to engage in gainful employment dependent.4 (iv) Counseling or therapy for the parent(s) or sibling(s) of a child who5 is the victim of a sexual crime.6 (v) Loss of support for a child victim of a sexual crime not otherwise7 compensated for as a pecuniary loss for personal injury.8 (b) As a consequence of death:9 * * *10 (v) Crime scene cleanup.11 * * *12 §1806. Application; requirements; confidentiality13 * * *14 D. Records, documents and information in the possession of the board15 received pursuant to the investigation and verification of an application by the16 board with a law enforcement agency as described in R.S. 44:3 shall not be17 released under any condition without the permission of the person or agency18 providing the record or information.19 The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Michael Bell. DIGEST Present law defines "Pecuniary loss" as: (i)Medical, hospital, nursing, or psychiatric care or counseling, and physical therapy. (ii)Actual loss of past earnings and anticipated loss of future earnings because of a disability resulting from the personal injury. (iii)Care of a child or children enabling a victim or the spouse, but not both of them, to engage in gainful employment . Proposed law defines "Pecuniary loss" as: (i)Medical, hospital, nursing, or psychiatric care or counseling, and physical therapy. SB NO. 177 SLS 10RS-458 ORIGINAL Page 3 of 3 Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law; words in boldface type and underscored are additions. (ii)Actual loss of past earnings and anticipated loss of future earnings because of a disability resulting from the personal injury or the receipt of medically indicated services related to a disability resulting from the personal injury. (iii)Care of a child or dependent. Present law provides the following "as a consequence of death": (i)Funeral, burial, or cremation expenses. (ii)Loss of support to one or more dependents not otherwise compensated for as a pecuniary loss for personal injury. (iii)Care of a child or children enabling the surviving spouse of a victim or the legal custodian or caretaker of the deceased victim's child or children to engage in lawful employment, where that expense is not otherwise compensated for as a pecuniary loss for personal injury. (iv)Counseling or therapy for any surviving family member of the victim or any person in close relationship to such victim. Proposed law maintains present law related to "as a consequence of death" and adds crime scene cleanup. Present law provides for a prescriptive date to file an application for reparations, the application shall be made on a form prescribed and provided by the board and certain information, when submitted to the board shall be confidential. Proposed law maintains present law and adds records, documents and information in the possession of the board received pursuant to the investigation and verification of an application by the board with a law enforcement agency will remain confidential. Effective August 15, 2010. (Amends R.S. 46:1802(8)(a); adds 1802(8)(b)(v) and 1806(D))