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| Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§4, as amended by PL 1999, c. 360, §2 and | | affected by §9, is further amended to read: |
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| | | 4. Eligible expenses and losses. "Eligible expenses and | | losses" means expenses and losses resulting from a personal | | injury sustained by an individual as a direct result of a crime | | specified in subsection 3 and may include medical and medically | | related expenses, psychological or mental health counseling | | expenses, lost wages and funeral and burial expenses. "Eligible | | expenses and losses" may include costs of eyeglasses, hearing | | aids, dentures or other prosthetic devices taken, lost, destroyed | | or damaged as a result of the crime, costs to repair or replace | | locks or security devices and costs of crime scene cleanup. | | Expenses and losses claimed under this subsection must be | | expenses or losses actually and reasonably incurred. |
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| | | Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§5, as enacted by PL 1997, c. 378, §4, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 5. Family or household member. "Family or household member" | | means: the parent, stepparent, sibling, grandparent, spouse, | child or stepchild of a victim; | | significant relationship to the victim; or a person who at the | | time or discovery of the crime was living in the household of the | | victim or who previously had lived in the household of the victim | | for a period of not less than 2 years. |
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| | | Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §3360-C, sub-§1, ¶B, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 806, §3, | | is amended to read: |
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| | B. The claim was filed with the board within one year | | years of the occurrence of the injury or compensable loss, | | or within 60 days of the discovery of injury or compensable | | loss, whichever is later. |
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| | | Sec. 5. 5 MRSA §3360-D, sub-§2, as amended by PL 1999, c. 360, §6 and | | affected by §9, is further amended by adding at the end a new | | paragraph to read: |
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| | | Upon request of the board pursuant to the claimant's application | | for compensation, health care providers and health plans, | | insurers or other persons who pay or discharge the costs of | | health care must submit directly to the board any information | | that is required to support a claimant's application or that is | | necessary to process a claim for payment. |
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| | | Sec. 6. 17-A MRSA §1330-B is enacted to read: |
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| | | §1330-B.__Restitution for benefit of victim |
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