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First Substitute H.B. 331

Representative Afton B. Bradshaw proposes to substitute the following bill:


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CRIME VICTIMS' REPARATIONS ACT

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AMENDMENTS

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2000 GENERAL SESSION

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STATE OF UTAH

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Sponsor: Afton B. Bradshaw

             6      AN ACT RELATING TO STATE AFFAIRS IN GENERAL; AMENDING THE CRIME
             7      VICTIMS' REPARATIONS ACT TO ALLOW THE BOARD TO ALLOCATE MONIES TO
             8      OTHER VICTIM SERVICES; ELIMINATING THE TIME LIMIT FOR FILING A CLAIM;
             9      EXEMPTING CRIME VICTIMS REPARATIONS FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE
             10      PROCEDURES ACT; AND MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS.
             11      This act affects sections of Utah Code Annotated 1953 as follows:
             12      AMENDS:
             13          63-25a-402, as last amended by Chapter 282, Laws of Utah 1998
             14          63-25a-403, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 242, Laws of Utah 1996
             15          63-25a-404, as last amended by Chapter 308, Laws of Utah 1997
             16          63-25a-406, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 242, Laws of Utah 1996
             17          63-25a-409, as last amended by Chapter 308, Laws of Utah 1997
             18          63-25a-410, as last amended by Chapter 308, Laws of Utah 1997
             19          63-25a-411, as last amended by Chapter 308, Laws of Utah 1997
             20          63-25a-412, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 242, Laws of Utah 1996
             21          63-25a-415, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 242, Laws of Utah 1996
             22          63-25a-419, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 242, Laws of Utah 1996
             23          63-25a-428, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 242, Laws of Utah 1996
             24      REPEALS:
             25          63-25a-425, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 242, Laws of Utah 1996


             26          63-25a-426, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 242, Laws of Utah 1996
             27          63-25a-427, as renumbered and amended by Chapter 242, Laws of Utah 1996
             28      Be it enacted by the Legislature of the state of Utah:
             29          Section 1. Section 63-25a-402 is amended to read:
             30           63-25a-402. Definitions.
             31          As used in this chapter:
             32          (1) "Accomplice" means a person who has engaged in criminal conduct as defined in
             33      Section 76-2-202 .
             34          (2) "Board" means the Crime Victims' Reparations Board created under Section
             35      63-25a-404 .
             36          (3) "Bodily injury" means physical pain, illness, or any impairment of physical condition.
             37          (4) "Claim" means:
             38          (a) the [right of a victim to recover] victim's application or request for a reparations award;
             39      and
             40          (b) the formal action taken by a victim to apply for reparations pursuant to Sections
             41      63-25a-401 through 63-25a-428 .
             42          (5) "Claimant" means any of the following claiming reparations under this chapter:
             43          (a) a victim;
             44          (b) a dependent of a deceased victim;
             45          (c) a representative other than a collateral source; or
             46          (d) the person or representative who files a claim on behalf of a victim.
             47          (6) "Child" means an unemancipated person who is under 18 years of age.
             48          (7) "Collateral source" means the definition as provided in Section 63-25a-413 .
             49          (8) "Contested case" means a case which the claimant contests, claiming the award was
             50      either inadequate or denied, or which a county attorney, a district attorney, a law enforcement
             51      officer, or other individual related to the criminal investigation proffers reasonable evidence of the
             52      claimant's lack of cooperation in the prosecution of a case after an award has already been given.
             53          (9) (a) "Criminally injurious conduct" other than acts of war declared or not declared
             54      means conduct that:
             55          [(a)] (i) is or would be subject to prosecution in this state under Section 76-1-201 ;
             56          [(b)] (ii) occurs or is attempted;


             57          [(c)] (iii) causes, or poses a substantial threat of causing, bodily injury or death;
             58          [(d)] (iv) is punishable by fine, imprisonment, or death if the person engaging in the
             59      conduct possessed the capacity to commit the conduct; and
             60          [(e)] (v) does not arise out of the ownership, maintenance, or use of a motor vehicle,
             61      aircraft, or water craft, unless the conduct is intended to cause bodily injury or death, or is conduct
             62      which is or would be punishable under Title 76, Chapter 5, Offenses Against the Person, or as any
             63      offense chargeable as driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs[; or].
             64          [(f) is] (b) "Criminally injurious conduct" includes an act of terrorism, as defined in 18
             65      U.S.C. 2331 committed outside of the United States against a resident of this state. "Terrorism"
             66      does not include an "act of war" as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2331.
             67          (10) "Dependent" means a natural person to whom the victim is wholly or partially legally
             68      responsible for care or support and includes a child of the victim born after his death.
             69          (11) "Dependent's economic loss" means loss after the victim's death of contributions of
             70      things of economic value to his dependent, not including services the dependent would have
             71      received from the victim if he had not suffered the fatal injury, less expenses of the dependent
             72      avoided by reason of victim's death.
             73          (12) "Dependent's replacement services loss" means loss reasonably and necessarily
             74      incurred by the dependent after the victim's death in obtaining services in lieu of those the decedent
             75      would have performed for his benefit if he had not suffered the fatal injury, less expenses of the
             76      dependent avoided by reason of the victim's death and not subtracted in calculating the dependent's
             77      economic loss.
             78          (13) "Director" means the director of the Reparations Office.
             79          (14) "Disposition" means the sentencing or determination of penalty or punishment to be
             80      imposed upon a person:
             81          (a) convicted of a crime;
             82          (b) found delinquent; or
             83          (c) against whom a finding of sufficient facts for conviction or finding of delinquency is
             84      made.
             85          (15) "Economic loss" means economic detriment consisting only of allowable expense,
             86      work loss, replacement services loss, and if injury causes death, dependent's economic loss and
             87      dependent's replacement service loss. Noneconomic detriment is not loss, but economic detriment


             88      is loss although caused by pain and suffering or physical impairment.
             89          (16) "Elderly victim" means a person 60 years of age or older who is a victim.
             90          (17) "Fraudulent claim" means a filed claim based on material misrepresentation of fact
             91      and intended to deceive the reparations staff for the purpose of obtaining reparation funds for
             92      which the claimant is not eligible as provided in Section 63-25a-410 .
             93          (18) "Law enforcement officer" means a law enforcement officer as defined in Section
             94      53-13-103 .
             95          (19) "Medical examination" means a physical examination necessary to document
             96      criminally injurious conduct but does not include mental health evaluations for the prosecution and
             97      investigation of a crime.
             98          (20) "Mental health counseling" means outpatient and inpatient counseling necessitated
             99      as a result of criminally injurious conduct. The definition of mental health counseling is subject
             100      to rules promulgated by the board pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative
             101      Rulemaking Act.
             102          (21) "Misconduct" as provided in Subsection 63-25a-412 (1)(b) means conduct by the
             103      victim which was attributable to the injury or death of the victim as provided by rules promulgated
             104      by the board pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             105          (22) "Noneconomic detriment" means pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment,
             106      and other nonpecuniary damage, except as provided in this chapter.
             107          (23) "Pecuniary loss" does not include loss attributable to pain and suffering except as
             108      otherwise provided in this chapter.
             109          (24) "Offender" means a person who has violated the criminal code through criminally
             110      injurious conduct regardless of whether he is arrested, prosecuted, or convicted.
             111          (25) "Offense" means a violation of the criminal code.
             112          (26) "Perpetrator" means the person who actually participated in the criminally injurious
             113      conduct.
             114          (27) "Personal property" has the same definition as provided in Section 68-3-12 .
             115          (28) "Reparations Office" means the office of the reparations staff for the purpose of
             116      carrying out this chapter.
             117          (29) "Reparations officer" means a person employed by the Reparations Office to
             118      investigate claims of victims and award reparations under this chapter, and includes the director


             119      when he is acting as a reparations officer.
             120          (30) "Reparations staff" means the director, the reparations officers, and any other staff
             121      employed to administer the Crime Victims' Reparations Act.
             122          (31) "Replacement service loss" means expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred in
             123      obtaining ordinary and necessary services in lieu of those the injured person would have
             124      performed, not for income but the benefit of himself or his dependents if he had not been injured.
             125          (32) "Representative" means the victim, immediate family member, legal guardian,
             126      attorney, conservator, executor, or an heir of a person but does not include service providers.
             127          (33) "Restitution" means money or services an appropriate authority orders an offender
             128      to pay or render to a victim of the offender's conduct.
             129          (34) "Secondary victim" means a person who [witnesses or] is traumatically affected by
             130      the criminally injurious conduct subject to rules promulgated by the board pursuant to Title 63,
             131      Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             132          (35) "Service provider" means a person or agency who provides a service to crime victims
             133      for a monetary fee except attorneys as provided in Section 63-25a-424 .
             134          (36) "Trust fund" means the Crime Victim Reparation Trust Fund under Title 63, Chapter
             135      63a.
             136          (37) (a) "Victim" means a person who suffers bodily or psychological injury or death as
             137      a direct result of criminally injurious conduct or of the production of pornography in violation of
             138      Sections 76-5a-1 through 76-5a-4 if the person is a minor.
             139          (b) "Victim" does not include a person who participated in or observed the judicial
             140      proceedings against an offender unless otherwise provided by statute or rule.
             141          (c) "Victim" includes[: (i) a person who suffers bodily injury or psychological injury as
             142      a direct result of being within the zone of danger of the criminally injurious conduct; and (ii)] a
             143      resident of this state who is injured or killed by an act of terrorism, as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2331,
             144      committed outside of the United States.
             145          (38) "Work loss" means loss of income from work the injured victim would have
             146      performed if he had not been injured and expenses reasonably incurred by him in obtaining
             147      services in lieu of those he would have performed for income, reduced by any income from
             148      substitute work he was capable of performing but unreasonably failed to undertake.
             149          [(39) "Zone of danger" means:]


             150          [(a) the person was located near the scene of the criminally injurious conduct;]
             151          [(b) the bodily injury, emotional trauma, or psychological injury to the person was caused
             152      by actually witnessing the criminally injurious conduct, or its results immediately after; and]
             153          [(c) the person was an immediate relative to a victim of the criminally injurious conduct
             154      suffering bodily injury in their presence.]
             155          Section 2. Section 63-25a-403 is amended to read:
             156           63-25a-403. Restitution -- Reparations not to supplant restitution.
             157          (1) A reparations award shall not supplant restitution as established under Section
             158      76-3-201 or as established by any other provisions.
             159          (2) The court shall not consider a reparations award when determining the order of
             160      restitution nor when enforcing restitution.
             161          (3) If, due to reparation payments to a victim, the Reparations Office is assigned under
             162      Section 63-25a-419 a claim for the victim's judgment for restitution or a portion of the restitution,
             163      the Reparations Office may file with the sentencing court a notice of the assignment. The notice
             164      of assignment shall be signed by the victim and a Reparations Officer and shall state the amount
             165      of the claim assigned.
             166          (4) Upon conviction and sentencing of the defendant, the court shall enter a civil judgment
             167      for complete restitution as provided in Section 76-3-201 and identify the Reparations Office as the
             168      assignee of the assigned portion of the judgment.
             169          (5) If the notice of assignment is filed after sentencing, the court shall modify the civil
             170      judgment for restitution to identify the Reparations Office as the assignee of the assigned portion
             171      of the judgment.
             172          Section 3. Section 63-25a-404 is amended to read:
             173           63-25a-404. Crime Victims' Reparations Board -- Members.
             174          (1) (a) A Crime Victims' Reparations Board is created, consisting of seven members
             175      appointed by the governor with the advice and consent of the Senate.
             176          (b) The membership of the board shall consist of:
             177          (i) a member of the bar of this state;
             178          (ii) a victim of criminally injurious conduct;
             179          (iii) a licensed physician;
             180          (iv) a representative of law enforcement;


             181          (v) a mental health care provider; and
             182          (vi) two other private citizens.
             183          (c) The governor may appoint a chair of the board who shall serve for a period of time
             184      prescribed by the governor, not to exceed the length of the chair's term. The board may elect a vice
             185      chair to serve in the absence of the chair.
             186          (d) The board may hear appeals from administrative decisions as provided in rules adopted
             187      pursuant Section 63-25a-415 .
             188          (2) (a) Except as required by Subsection (2)(b), as terms of current board members expire,
             189      the governor shall appoint each new member or reappointed member to a four-year term.
             190          (b) Notwithstanding the requirements of Subsection (2)(a), the governor shall, at the time
             191      of appointment or reappointment, adjust the length of terms to ensure that the terms of board
             192      members are staggered so that approximately half of the board is appointed every two years.
             193          (c) A member may be reappointed to one successive term.
             194          (3) (a) When a vacancy occurs in the membership for any reason, the replacement shall
             195      be appointed for the unexpired term.
             196          (b) A member resigning from the board shall serve until his successor is appointed and
             197      qualified.
             198          (4) (a) (i) Members who are not government employees shall receive no compensation or
             199      benefits for their services, but may receive per diem and expenses incurred in the performance of
             200      the member's official duties at the rates established by the Division of Finance under Sections
             201      63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             202          (ii) Members may decline to receive per diem and expenses for their service.
             203          (b) (i) State government officer and employee members who do not receive salary, per
             204      diem, or expenses from their agency for their service may receive per diem and expenses incurred
             205      in the performance of their official duties from the board at the rates established by the Division
             206      of Finance under Sections 63A-3-106 and 63A-3-107 .
             207          (ii) State government officer and employee members may decline to receive per diem and
             208      expenses for their service.
             209          (5) The board shall meet at least once quarterly but may meet more frequently as
             210      necessary.
             211          Section 4. Section 63-25a-406 is amended to read:


             212           63-25a-406. Functions of board.
             213          (1) The board shall:
             214          (a) adopt a description of the organization and prescribe the general operation of the board;
             215          (b) prescribe policy for the Reparations Office;
             216          (c) adopt rules to implement and administer Sections 63-25a-401 through 63-25a-428
             217      pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, which may include setting
             218      of ceilings on reparations, defining of terms not specifically stated in this chapter, and establishing
             219      of rules governing attorney fees;
             220          (d) prescribe forms for applications for reparations;
             221          (e) review all awards made by the reparations staff, although the board may not reverse
             222      or modify awards authorized by the reparations staff;
             223          (f) render an annual report to the governor and the Legislature regarding the staff's and the
             224      board's activities;
             225          (g) cooperate with the director and his staff in formulating standards for the uniform
             226      application of Section 63-25a-409 , taking into consideration the rates and amounts of reparation
             227      payable for injuries and death under other laws of this state and the United States;
             228          (h) advocate the adoption, repeal, or modification of laws or proposed legislation in the
             229      interest of victims of crime; [and]
             230          (i) [oversee the program to assist] allocate monies available in the Crime Victims'
             231      Reparation Trust Fund to victims of criminally injurious conduct [and to allocate monies available
             232      in the Crime Victims' Reparations Trust Fund.] for reparations claims; and
             233          (j) allocate monies available to other victim services as provided by administrative rule
             234      once a sufficient reserve has been established for reparation claims.
             235          (2) All rules, or other statements of policy, along with application forms specified by the
             236      board, are binding upon the director, the reparations officers, and other staff.
             237          Section 5. Section 63-25a-409 is amended to read:
             238           63-25a-409. Grounds for eligibility.
             239          In order to be eligible for a reparations award under this chapter:
             240          (1) The claimant shall be:
             241          (a) a victim of criminally injurious conduct;
             242          (b) a dependent of a deceased victim of criminally injurious conduct; or


             243          (c) a representative acting on behalf of one of the above.
             244          (2) The victim shall be either a resident of Utah or the criminally injurious conduct shall
             245      have occurred in Utah.
             246          (3) The application shall be made in writing in a form that conforms substantially to that
             247      prescribed by the board.
             248          [(4) The claim shall be filed with the reparations staff within one year after the injury or
             249      death upon which the claim is based. An extension of time to file up to one year after the victim's
             250      18th birthday may be given to child victims. Homicide claims may be filed up to one year after
             251      the date the body or remains of the homicide victim is discovered, or the death has been officially
             252      declared a homicide, whichever is later.]
             253          [(5)] (4) The criminally injurious conduct shall be reported to a law enforcement officer,
             254      in his capacity as a law enforcement officer, [within seven days after the occurrence. A reasonable
             255      extension of time may be given in circumstances in which the victim, because of injury or age, was
             256      unable to report the criminally injurious conduct within that time period] or other federal or state
             257      investigative agencies.
             258          [(6)] (5) (a) The claimant or victim shall cooperate with the appropriate law enforcement
             259      agencies in their efforts to apprehend or convict the perpetrator of the alleged offense.
             260          (b) An award to a victim may be made whether any person is arrested, prosecuted, or
             261      convicted of the criminally injurious conduct giving rise to the claim.
             262          [(7)] (6) The criminally injurious conduct shall have occurred after December 31, 1986.
             263          Section 6. Section 63-25a-410 is amended to read:
             264           63-25a-410. Ineligible persons -- Fraudulent claims -- Penalties.
             265          (1) The following individuals shall not be eligible to receive an award of reparations:
             266          (a) persons who do not meet all of the provisions set forth in Section 63-25a-409 ;
             267          (b) the offender;
             268          (c) an accomplice of the offender;
             269          (d) any person whose receipt of an award would unjustly benefit the offender, accomplice,
             270      or other person reasonably suspected of participating in the offense;
             271          (e) the victim of a motor vehicle injury who was the owner or operator of the motor
             272      vehicle and was not at the time of the injury in compliance with the state motor vehicle insurance
             273      laws;


             274          (f) any convicted offender serving a sentence of imprisonment for that conviction or
             275      residing in any other institution which provides for the maintenance of convicted persons; and
             276          (g) residents of halfway houses or any other correctional facilities and all persons who are
             277      on probation or parole if the circumstances surrounding the offense of which they are victims
             278      constitute a violation of their parole or probation.
             279          (2) A person who knowingly submits a fraudulent claim for reparations or who knowingly
             280      misrepresents material facts in making a claim, and who receives an award based on that claim,
             281      is guilty of an offense, based on the following award amounts:
             282          (a) for value under [$200] $300, a class B misdemeanor;
             283          (b) for value equal to or greater than [$200] $300, but less than [$500] $1,000, a class A
             284      misdemeanor;
             285          (c) for value equal to or greater than [$500] $1,000, but less than [$1000] $5,000, a third
             286      degree felony; and
             287          (d) for value equal to or greater than [$1000] $5,000, a second degree felony.
             288          (3) A person who submits a claim described in Subsection (2) but receives no award based
             289      on that claim is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.
             290          (4) The state attorney general may prosecute violations under this section or may make
             291      arrangements with county attorneys for the prosecution of violations under this section when the
             292      attorney general cannot conveniently prosecute.
             293          (5) The state may also bring a civil action against a claimant who receives reparation
             294      payments that are later found to be unjustified and who does not return to the board the unjustified
             295      amount.
             296          Section 7. Section 63-25a-411 is amended to read:
             297           63-25a-411. Compensable losses and amounts.
             298          A reparations award under this chapter [shall] may be made if:
             299          (1) the reparations officer finds the claim satisfies the requirements for the award under
             300      the provisions of this chapter and the rules of the board;
             301          (2) funds are available in the trust fund;
             302          (3) the person for whom the award of reparations is to be paid is otherwise eligible under
             303      this act;
             304          (4) the claim is for an allowable expense incurred by the victim, as follows:


             305          (a) reasonable and necessary charges incurred for products, services, and accommodations;
             306          (b) inpatient and outpatient medical treatment and physical therapy, subject to rules
             307      promulgated by the board pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
             308          (c) mental health counseling which:
             309          (i) is set forth in a mental health treatment plan which has been approved prior to any
             310      payment by a reparations officer; and
             311          (ii) qualifies within any further rules promulgated by the board pursuant to Title 63,
             312      Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;
             313          (d) actual loss of past earnings and anticipated loss of future earnings because of a death
             314      or disability resulting from the personal injury at a rate not to exceed 66-2/3% of the person's
             315      weekly gross salary or wages or the maximum amount allowed under the state workers'
             316      compensation statute;
             317          (e) care of minor children enabling a victim or spouse of a victim, but not both of them,
             318      to continue gainful employment at a rate per child per week as determined under rules established
             319      by the board;
             320          (f) funeral and burial expenses for death caused by the criminally injurious conduct,
             321      subject to rules promulgated by the board pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative
             322      Rulemaking Act;
             323          (g) loss of support to the dependent or dependents not otherwise compensated for a
             324      pecuniary loss for personal injury, for as long as the dependence would have existed had the victim
             325      survived, at a rate not to exceed 66-2/3% of the person's weekly salary or wages or the maximum
             326      amount allowed under the state workers' compensation statute, whichever is less;
             327          (h) personal property necessary and essential to the health or safety of the victim as defined
             328      by rules promulgated by the board pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative
             329      Rulemaking Act; and
             330          (i) medical examinations as defined in Subsection 63-25a-402 (19), subject to rules
             331      promulgated by the board pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act,
             332      which may allow for exemptions from Sections 63-25a-409 , 63-25a-412 , and 63-25a-413 .
             333          (5) If a Utah resident suffers injury or death as a result of criminally injurious conduct
             334      inflicted in a state, territory, or country that does not provide a reciprocal crime victims'
             335      compensation program, the Utah resident has the same rights under this chapter as if the injurious


             336      conduct occurred in this state.
             337          (6) An award of reparations shall not exceed $25,000 in the aggregate unless the victim
             338      is entitled to proceeds in excess of that amount as provided in Subsection 76-3-201.2 (2).
             339      However, reparations for actual medical expenses incurred as a result of homicide, attempted
             340      homicide, aggravated assault, or DUI offenses, may be awarded up to $50,000 in the aggregate.
             341          Section 8. Section 63-25a-412 is amended to read:
             342           63-25a-412. Reparations reduction.
             343          (1) Reparations otherwise payable to a claimant [shall] may be reduced or denied as
             344      follows:
             345          (a) the economic loss upon which the claim is based has been or could be recouped from
             346      other persons, including collateral sources, and the victim was not entitled to nor receiving monies
             347      prior to the criminally injurious conduct giving rise to the claim under this chapter; [or]
             348          (b) the reparations officer considers the claim unreasonable because of the misconduct of
             349      the claimant or of a victim through whom he claims[.]; or
             350          (c) the victim had not used a facility or health care provider that would be covered by a
             351      collateral source.
             352          (2) When two or more dependents are entitled to an award as a result of a victim's death,
             353      the award shall be apportioned by the reparations officer among the dependents.
             354          Section 9. Section 63-25a-415 is amended to read:
             355           63-25a-415. Rules for contested claims -- Exemption from Administrative Procedures
             356      Act.
             357          [Procedures] (1) Rules for procedures for contested determinations by a reparations officer
             358      shall be [in rule] adopted pursuant to Title 63, Chapter 46a, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.
             359          (2) Crime Victims' Reparations is exempt from Title 63, Chapter 46b, Administrative
             360      Procedures Act.
             361          Section 10. Section 63-25a-419 is amended to read:
             362           63-25a-419. Assignment of recovery -- Reimbursement.
             363          (1) By accepting an award of reparations, the victim automatically assigns to the state,
             364      subject to the provisions of Subsection (2), all claims against any third party to the lesser of:
             365          (a) the amount paid by the state; or
             366          (b) the amount recovered from the third party.


             367          (2) The board, with the concurrence of the director, may reduce the state's right of
             368      reimbursement if it is determined that the reduction will benefit the trust fund.
             369          [(2)] (3) The state reserves the right to make a claim for reimbursement on behalf of the
             370      victim and the victim shall not impair the state's claim or the state's right of reimbursement.
             371          Section 11. Section 63-25a-428 is amended to read:
             372           63-25a-428. Purpose -- Not entitlement program.
             373          (1) Crime Victims' Reparations is a program with the purpose to assist victims of
             374      criminally injurious conduct. Reparation to a victim is limited to the monies available in the Crime
             375      Victims' Reparations Trust Fund.
             376          (2) This program is not an entitlement program. Awards may be limited or denied as
             377      determined appropriate by the board [to insure the viability of the fund]. Failure to grant an award
             378      does not create a cause of action against Crime Victims' Reparations, the state, or any of its
             379      subdivisions. There is no right to judicial review over the decision whether or not to grant an
             380      award.
             381          (3) A cause of action based on a failure to give or receive the notice required by this
             382      chapter does not accrue to any person against the state, any of its agencies or local subdivisions,
             383      any of their law enforcement officers or other agents or employees, or any health care or medical
             384      provider or its agents or employees. The failure does not affect or alter any requirement for filing
             385      or payment of a claim.
             386          Section 12. Repealer.
             387          This act repeals:
             388          Section 63-25a-425, No cause of action for failure to give or receive notice.
             389          Section 63-25a-426, No cause of action for failure to grant an award.
             390          Section 63-25a-427, No criminal defense action for failure to fully comply.


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