The department shall award compensation, as appropriate, for any of the following economic losses incurred as a direct result of an injury to or death of the victim:
1. Reasonable charges incurred for medical care not to exceed ten thousand five hundred dollars. Reasonable charges incurred for mental health care not to exceed three thousand dollars which includes services provided by a psychologist licensed under chapter 154B, a person holding at least a master's degree in social work or counseling and guidance, or a victim counselor as defined in section 236A.1.
2. Loss of income from work the victim would have performed and for which the victim would have received remuneration if the victim had not been injured not to exceed six thousand dollars.
3. Reasonable replacement value of clothing that is held for evidentiary purposes not to exceed one hundred dollars.
4. Reasonable funeral and burial expenses not to exceed five thousand dollars.
5. Loss of support for dependents resulting from death or a period of disability of the victim of sixty days or more not to exceed two thousand dollars per dependent or a total of six thousand dollars.
6. In the event of a victim's death, reasonable charges incurred for counseling the victim's spouse, children, parents, siblings, or persons cohabiting with or related by blood or affinity to the victim if the counseling services are provided by a psychologist licensed under chapter 154B, a victim counselor as defined in section 236A.1, subsection 1, or an individual holding at least a master's degree in social work or counseling and guidance, and reasonable charges incurred by such persons for medical care counseling provided by a psychiatrist licensed under chapter 147 or 150A. The allowable charges under this subsection shall not exceed three thousand dollars per person or a total of six thousand dollars per victim death.
7. Reasonable expenses incurred for cleaning the scene of a homicide, if the scene is a residence, not to exceed one thousand dollars.
8. Reasonable charges incurred for mental health care for secondary victims which includes the services provided by a psychologist licensed under chapter 154B, a person holding at least a master's in social work, counseling, or a related field, a victim counselor as defined in section 236A.1, or a psychiatrist licensed under chapter 147, 148, or 150A. The allowable charges under this subsection shall not exceed one thousand dollars per secondary victim or a total of six thousand dollars.
[82 Acts, ch 1258, § 10, 17]
84 Acts, ch 1292, § 22; 85 Acts, ch 172, § 1; 89 Acts, ch 279, § 23, 24; 90 Acts, ch 1251, § 81, 82; 91 Acts, ch 181, § 13; 92 Acts, ch 1148, § 1; 93 Acts, ch 104, §1; 94 Acts, ch 1142, §19; 95 Acts, ch 85, § 2, 3
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