Report Title:

Compensation of Crime Victims

Description:

Allows for the award of medical expenses in excess of $10,000.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2821

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO COMPENSATION OF CRIME VICTIMS.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. Section 351-62, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) No compensation shall be awarded under this chapter in an amount in excess of $10,000[.], except in a case involving compensable medical expenses in excess of $10,000. In a case involving compensable medical expenses in excess of $10,000, no compensation shall be awarded in excess of $20,000 or the compensable medical expenses. In determining the amount of compensable medical expenses to be awarded the commission shall deduct amounts or benefits as provided under section 351-63."

SECTION 3. Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

INTRODUCED BY:

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