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53	53	STATE OF OKLAHOMA
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55	55	1st Session of the 59th Legislature (2023)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 909 By: Floyd
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to the Oklahoma Crime Victim s
66	66	Compensation Act; am ending 21 O.S. 2021, Sections
67	67	142.10 and 142.13, which relate to award of
68	68	compensation and payment of award; increasing time to
69	69	file certain claim; remov ing certain reporting
70	70	requirement; providing exception to grounds for
71	71	diminishing certain award; increasing amounts of
72	72	certain compensation; and providing an effective
73	73	date.
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79	79	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
80	80	SECTION 1. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 142.10, is
81	81	amended to read as follows:
82	82	Section 142.10. A. Compensation shall not be awarded:
83	83	1. Unless the claim ha s been filed with the Crime Victims
84	84	Compensation Board with in one (1) year five (5) years after the
85	85	injury or death upon which the claim is based. If the victim is
86	86	under a mental or cognitive disability or is a child under eighteen
87	87	(18) years of age, the Board may use the date the criminal incident
88	88	was disclosed to a responsible adult when establishing whether or
89	89	not the claim was timely filed. In cases involving sexual assault
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141	141	of an adult eighteen (18) years of age or older, the Board may use
142	142	the date the sexual assault forensic evidence kit was tested when
143	143	establishing whether the claim was timely fil ed. The Board may, at
144	144	its discretion, extend the filing period beyond one (1) year upon a
145	145	showing of good cause or in all cases of sexual assault;
146	146	2. To a claimant who was the offender, or an accomplice of the
147	147	offender; or
148	148	3. To another person if the award would unjustly benefit the
149	149	offender or accomplice ; or
150	150	4. Unless the criminally injurious conduct resulting in injury
151	151	or death was reported to a law enf orcement officer within seventy -
152	152	two (72) hours after its oc currence, or in the case of sexual
153	153	assault, the victim undergoes a forensic medical examination within
154	154	one hundred twenty (120) hours after its occurrence or the Board
155	155	finds there was good cause fo r the failure to report the crime or
156	156	obtain a forensic medi cal examination within that time .
157	157	B. Compensation otherwise payable to a claimant shall be
158	158	diminished to the extent:
159	159	1. That the economic loss is recouped from collateral sources;
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161	161	2. Of the degree of responsibility for the cause of the injury
162	162	or death attributable to the victim as determined b y the Board.
163	163	Provided, the Board shall not find a n injury attributable to the
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215	215	victim where a self-inflicted injury is a result of the crime
216	216	committed against the victim.
217	217	C. The Board, upon finding that the claimant or victim has not
218	218	fully cooperated with appropriate law enforcement agencies, may
219	219	deny, withdraw or reduce an award of compensation. Victims of
220	220	sexual assault who undergo a forensic medical e xamination within one
221	221	hundred twenty (120) hours after the sexual assault shall be found
222	222	to have fully cooperated. The Board may extend this period of time
223	223	for good cause.
224	224	D. The Board, on its own motion or on request of the claimant,
225	225	may reconsider a decision granting or denying an award or
226	226	determining its amount. The motion or request to reconsider a
227	227	decision shall be made within six (6) months from the date of the
228	228	last action by the Board on the claim at issue. An order on
229	229	reconsideration of an award shall not require a refund of amounts
230	230	previously paid, unless the award was obtained by fraud. The right
231	231	of reconsideration does not affect the finality of a Board deci sion
232	232	for the purpose of judicial review. On claims which are denied by
233	233	the Board, reconsideration may only be granted within six (6) months
234	234	of the last Board action.
235	235	E. The provisions of subsections A and B of this section shall
236	236	not apply to claimants el igible for compensation pursuant to the
237	237	Murrah Crime Victims Compensation Act who make claims under the
238	238	Oklahoma Crime Victims Compensation A ct.
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290	290	SECTION 2. AMENDATORY 21 O.S. 2021, Section 142.13, is
291	291	amended to read as follows:
292	292	Section 142.13. A. The Crime Victim s Compensation Board may
293	293	compensate for work loss, replacement services loss, dependent ’s
294	294	economic loss and dependent ’s replacement service loss .
295	295	Compensation for a caregiver who has out -of-pocket wage loss as a
296	296	result of caring for the victim who was inj ured as a result of
297	297	criminally injurious conduct ma y not exceed Three Thousand Dollars
298	298	($3,000.00).
299	299	B. Compensation payable to a victim and to all other claimants
300	300	sustaining economic loss because of injury to or death of that
301	301	victim may not exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) Forty
302	302	Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00) in the aggregate. The Board may,
303	303	after approval of an initial award of Twenty Thousand Dollars
304	304	($20,000.00) Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), grant an
305	305	additional sum not to exceed Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00)
306	306	Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00), specifically for loss of wages
307	307	for the victim or loss of support for dependents of a deceased
308	308	victim provided, there is verifiable economic loss after de ducting
309	309	payments from other sou rces. In no event shall compensation payable
310	310	to a victim and to all other claimants sustaining economic loss
311	311	because of injury to or death of that victim exceed Forty Thousand
312	312	Dollars ($40,000.00) Eighty Thousand Dollars ($8 0,000.00) in the
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365	365	C. The Board may provide for the paymen t to a claimant in a
366	366	lump sum or in installments. At the request of the claimant, the
367	367	Board may convert future economic loss, other than allowable
368	368	expense, to a lump sum.
369	369	D. An award payable in a lump sum or installments for loss of
370	370	support for a depende nt of the deceased victim may be computed
371	371	through a formula which calculates the net loss of support for
372	372	dependents based upon an es timated date of retirement or an
373	373	estimated date of adult hood for dependent children, beginn ing with
374	374	the date of death of the victim and ending with the least of one of
375	375	the following time periods for each dependent filing loss of
376	376	support:
377	377	1. The amount of time from the date of death of the victim to
378	378	the date the victim would have been expected t o reach sixty-two (62)
379	379	years of age;
380	380	2. The amount of time from the date of death of the victim to
381	381	the date the spouse of the victim is expected to reach sixty -two
382	382	(62) years of age; or
383	383	3. The amount of time from the da te of death of the victim to
384	384	the date a dependent child is expected to reach eighteen (18) years
385	385	of age or twenty-three (23) years of age if the dependent child is
386	386	enrolled as a full-time student. An award payable in installments
387	387	for future loss of suppor t may be modified by the Board in t he event
388	388	a dependent child receiv ing loss of support is between the ages of
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440	440	eighteen (18) and twenty -three (23) years of age and is no longer
441	441	enrolled as a full-time student, the dependent dies before all
442	442	installments are paid or the dependent receiving in stallments moves
443	443	and leaves no forwarding address with the Board office.
444	444	E. An award shall not be subject to execution, attachment,
445	445	garnishment or other process, ex cept for child support and except
446	446	that an award for allo wable expense shall not be exempt f rom a claim
447	447	of a creditor to the extent that such creditor has provided
448	448	products, services or accommodations, the costs of which are
449	449	included in the award.
450	450	F. An assignment by the claimant to any future award under the
451	451	provisions of this act is unenforcea ble, except:
452	452	1. An assignment of any award for work loss to assure payment
453	453	of court ordered alimony, maintenance or child support; or
454	454	2. An assignment of any award for allowable expense to the
455	455	extent that the benefits a re for the cost of products, servic es or
456	456	accommodations necessitated by the injury or death on which the
457	457	claim is based and are provided or to be provided by the assignee.
458	458	G. The Board may, in its di scretion, approve payment of crisis
459	459	counseling, occurrin g within three (3) years of the cri me, in an
460	460	amount not to exceed Th ree Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) for each
461	461	family member of a homicide victim; provided, the counselor is a
462	462	qualified mental health c are provider. Medical and pharmaceutical
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514	514	treatment is not compensable for any family membe r of a deceased
515	515	victim.
516	516	H. Outpatient counseling expenses for a victim of criminally
517	517	injurious conduct may be considered by the Board provided the
518	518	counseling is focused on the crime and the counselor is a qualified
519	519	mental health care provider. A total no t to exceed Three Thousand
520	520	Dollars ($3,000.00) may be awarded for individual counseling
521	521	sessions for victims of criminally injurious conduct. Sessions
522	522	between the mental health care provider and nonoffending parents of
523	523	a victimized child under eighteen (1 8) years of age may also be
524	524	included in the award provided the combined total for the counseling
525	525	and parental sessions do not exceed Three Thousand Dollars
526	526	($3,000.00) and the parental sessions relate to the victimization .
527	527	In extreme cases, the Board may, in its discretion, waive the thr ee-
528	528	thousand-dollar limit. Inpatient mental health treatment will be
529	529	reviewed on a case-by-case basis and may be compensated, at the
530	530	discretion of the Board, in an amount not to exceed Twe nty Thousand
531	531	Dollars ($20,000.00).
532	532	I. Reasonable funeral, cremation or burial expenses shall not
533	533	exceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00).
534	534	J. Reasonable costs associated with crime sce ne cleanup shall
535	535	not exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000 .00).
536	536	K. Loss of income of a careg iver shall not exceed Three
537	537	Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).
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589	589	L. Reasonable costs for vehicle impound fees are limited to
590	590	violent crimes occurring in a vehicle owned by the victim of the
591	591	violent crime or an eligible claimant , provided such fee is
592	592	associated with the collection and security o f crime scene evidence.
593	593	Reimbursement for vehicle impound fees shall not exceed Seven
594	594	Hundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00).
595	595	SECTION 3. This act shall become effective November 1, 2023.
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