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House Study Bill 579

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  1  1    Section 1.  Section 915.80, Code 2001, is amended by adding
  1  2 the following new subsection:
  1  3    NEW SUBSECTION.  5A.  "Survivor of a homicide victim" means
  1  4 a victim's spouse; child, foster child, stepchild, son-in-law,
  1  5 or daughter-in-law; parent, foster parent, or stepparent;
  1  6 sibling, foster sibling, stepsibling, brother-in-law, or
  1  7 sister-in-law; grandparent; grandchild; aunt, uncle, or first
  1  8 cousin; legal ward; or person residing with the victim.
  1  9    Sec. 2.  Section 915.86, subsections 1, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9,
  1 10 10, and 12, Code 2001, are amended to read as follows:
  1 11    1.  Reasonable charges incurred for medical care not to
  1 12 exceed fifteen twenty-five thousand dollars.  Reasonable
  1 13 charges incurred for mental health care not to exceed three
  1 14 five thousand dollars which includes services provided by a
  1 15 psychologist licensed under chapter 154B, a person holding at
  1 16 least a master's degree in social work or counseling and
  1 17 guidance, or a victim counselor as defined in section 915.20A.
  1 18    3.  Loss of income from work that the victim's parent or
  1 19 caretaker would have performed and for which the victim's
  1 20 parent or caretaker would have received remuneration when the
  1 21 victim's parent or caretaker accompanies the victim to medical
  1 22 and counseling services, or while the victim's parent or
  1 23 caretaker cares for the victim for up to three days after the
  1 24 crime or the discovery of the crime, not to exceed one
  1 25 thousand dollars per parent or caretaker.
  1 26    4.  Loss of income from work that the victim, the victim's
  1 27 parent or caretaker, or the survivor of a homicide victim as
  1 28 described in subsection 10 would have performed and for which
  1 29 that person would have received remuneration, where the loss
  1 30 of income is a direct result of cooperation with the
  1 31 investigation and prosecution of the crime or attendance at
  1 32 criminal justice proceedings including the trial and
  1 33 sentencing in the case, not to exceed one thousand dollars.
  1 34    5.  Reasonable replacement value of clothing that is held
  1 35 for evidentiary purposes not to exceed one two hundred
  2  1 dollars.
  2  2    7.  Loss of support for dependents resulting from death or
  2  3 a period of disability of the victim of sixty days or more not
  2  4 to exceed two four thousand dollars per dependent.
  2  5    8.  In the event of a victim's death, reasonable charges
  2  6 incurred for counseling the victim's spouse, children,
  2  7 parents, siblings, or persons cohabiting residing with or
  2  8 related by blood or affinity to the victim if the counseling
  2  9 services are provided by a psychologist licensed under chapter
  2 10 154B, a victim counselor as defined in section 915.20A,
  2 11 subsection 1, or an individual holding at least a master's
  2 12 degree in social work or counseling and guidance, and
  2 13 reasonable charges incurred by such persons for medical care
  2 14 counseling provided by a psychiatrist licensed under chapter
  2 15 147 or 150A.  The allowable charges under this subsection
  2 16 shall not exceed three five thousand dollars per person.
  2 17    9.  In the event of a homicide, reasonable charges incurred
  2 18 for health care for the victim's spouse; child, foster child,
  2 19 stepchild, son-in-law, or daughter-in-law; parent, foster
  2 20 parent, or stepparent; sibling, foster sibling, stepsibling,
  2 21 brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; grandparent; grandchild;
  2 22 aunt, uncle, or first cousin; legal ward; or person cohabiting
  2 23 with the victim the survivors of a homicide victim, not to
  2 24 exceed three thousand dollars per survivor.
  2 25    10.  In the event of a homicide, loss of income from work
  2 26 that, but for the death of the victim, would have been earned
  2 27 by the victim's spouse; child, foster child, stepchild, son-
  2 28 in-law, or daughter-in-law; parent, foster parent, or
  2 29 stepparent; sibling, foster sibling, stepsibling, brother-in-
  2 30 law, or sister-in-law; grandparent; grandchild; aunt, uncle,
  2 31 or first cousin; legal ward; or person cohabiting with the
  2 32 victim survivors of a homicide victim, not to exceed six
  2 33 thousand dollars.
  2 34    12.  Reasonable charges incurred for mental health care for
  2 35 secondary victims which include the services provided by a
  3  1 psychologist licensed under chapter 154B, a person holding at
  3  2 least a master's degree in social work, counseling, or a
  3  3 related field, a victim counselor as defined in section
  3  4 915.20A, or a psychiatrist licensed under chapter 147, 148, or
  3  5 150A.  The allowable charges under this subsection shall not
  3  6 exceed one two thousand dollars per secondary victim.  
  3  7                           EXPLANATION
  3  8    This bill provides monetary increases for certain current
  3  9 economic benefits under the Iowa crime victim compensation
  3 10 program.
  3 11    The bill provides monetary increases for economic losses
  3 12 incurred as a direct result of an injury to or death of a
  3 13 victim for medical care benefits ($10,000 increase), mental
  3 14 health care benefits ($2,000 increase), clothing reimbursement
  3 15 benefits for clothing held for evidentiary purposes ($100
  3 16 increase), loss of support benefits ($2,000 increase),
  3 17 counseling benefits in the event of a victim's death ($2,000
  3 18 increase), and mental health care benefits for secondary
  3 19 victims ($1,000 increase).
  3 20    The bill also expands lost wage benefits for a victim's
  3 21 parent or caretaker who takes time away from work when the
  3 22 victim's parent or caretaker accompanies the victim to medical
  3 23 or counseling services or while the victim's parent or
  3 24 caretaker cares for the victim for up to three days after the
  3 25 crime or the discovery of the crime, by allowing the
  3 26 reimbursement to be up to $1,000 per parent or caretaker
  3 27 rather than up to $1,000 per case.
  3 28    The bill also expands the definition of persons who could
  3 29 be affected by a victim's crime to include persons residing
  3 30 with the victim, rather than persons cohabiting with the
  3 31 victim.  
  3 32 LSB 5035DP 79
  3 33 rh/sh/8.2

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