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Regular Session, 2010 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 177
BY SENATOR THOMPSON
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 46:1802(8)(a) and to enact R.S. 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 1806(D) are enacted to read as follows: 7
§1802. Definitions8
As used in this Chapter:9
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(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
because of a disability resulting from the personal injury or the receipt of medically18
indicated services by a child victim related to the personal injury.19
(iii) Care of a child or children enabling a victim or the spouse, but not both20
of them, to engage in gainful employment dependent.21
(iv) Counseling or therapy for the parents or siblings of a child who is the22
victim of a sexual crime.23
(v) Loss of support for a child victim of a sexual crime not otherwise24
compensated for as a pecuniary loss for personal injury.25 SB NO. 177 ENROLLED
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(b) As a consequence of death:1
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(v) Crime scene cleanup.3
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§1806. Application; requirements; confidentiality5
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D. Records, documents, and information in the possession of the board7
received pursuant to a law enforcement investigation or a verification of8
application by a law enforcement agency shall be considered investigative9
records of a law enforcement agency as described in R.S. 44:3 and shall not be10
disseminated under any condition without the permission of the agency11
providing the record or information to the board.12
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: