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90_HB3280eng

      740 ILCS 45/2             from Ch. 70, par. 72
      740 ILCS 45/10.1          from Ch. 70, par. 80.1
          Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act.   Includes  in
      the  definition  of victim any person under the age of 18 who
      is the brother, sister, half brother, or  half  sister  of  a
      person killed or injured in this State as a result of a crime
      of  violence and limits compensation for these victims to the
      cost of  psychological  treatment.   Changes  the  amount  of
      compensation awardable for funeral and burial expenses from a
      maximum  of  $3,000 to a maximum of $5,000.  Increases from a
      maximum of $25,000 to a maximum of $27,000 the  amount  of  a
      final  award under this Act.  Makes other changes.  Effective
      immediately.
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 1        AN ACT to amend the Crime  Victims  Compensation  Act  by
 2    changing Sections 2 and 10.1.
 3        Be  it  enacted  by  the People of the State of Illinois,
 4    represented in the General Assembly:
 5        Section 5.  The Crime Victims Compensation Act is amended
 6    by changing Sections 2 and 10.1 as follows:
 7        (740 ILCS 45/2) (from Ch. 70, par. 72)
 8        Sec. 2.  Definitions.  As used in this  Act,  unless  the
 9    context otherwise requires:
10        (a)  "Applicant"   means   any  person  who  applies  for
11    compensation under this Act or any person the Court of Claims
12    finds is entitled to compensation, including the guardian  of
13    a  minor  or  of a person under legal disability. It includes
14    any person who was a dependent of  a  deceased  victim  of  a
15    crime  of  violence for his or her support at the time of the
16    death of that victim.
17        (b)  "Court of Claims" means the Court of Claims  created
18    by the Court of Claims Act.
19        (c)  "Crime  of  violence" means and includes any offense
20    defined  in  Sections  9-1,  9-2,  9-3,  10-1,  10-2,  11-11,
21    11-19.2, 11-20.1, 12-1, 12-2,  12-3,  12-3.2,  12-4,  12-4.1,
22    12-4.2,  12-4.3,  12-5,  12-13, 12-14, 12-14.1, 12-15, 12-16,
23    12-30, 20-1 or 20-1.1 of  the  Criminal  Code  of  1961,  and
24    driving   under  the  influence  of  intoxicating  liquor  or
25    narcotic drugs as defined in Section 11-501 of  the  Illinois
26    Vehicle  Code,  and  if  none  of  the said offenses occurred
27    during a civil riot, insurrection or  rebellion.   "Crime  of
28    violence"  does  not  include  any  other offense or accident
29    involving a  motor  vehicle  except  those  vehicle  offenses
30    specifically  provided  for  in  this  paragraph.   "Crime of
31    violence" does  include  all  of  the  offenses  specifically
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 1    provided  for  in this paragraph that occur within this State
 2    but are subject to federal jurisdiction and crimes  involving
 3    terrorism as defined in 18 U.S.C. 2331.
 4        (d)  "Victim"  means  (1)  a  person killed or injured in
 5    this State as a result of a crime of violence perpetrated  or
 6    attempted  against  him  or  her,  (2)  the parent of a child
 7    killed or injured in this State as a result  of  a  crime  of
 8    violence  perpetrated  or  attempted against the child, (3) a
 9    person killed or injured in this State  while  attempting  to
10    assist  a  person  against  whom a crime of violence is being
11    perpetrated or attempted, if that attempt of assistance would
12    be expected of a reasonable man under the circumstances,  (4)
13    a  person  killed  or injured in this State while assisting a
14    law  enforcement  official  apprehend  a   person   who   has
15    perpetrated  a  crime of violence or prevent the perpetration
16    of any such crime if that assistance was in response  to  the
17    express request of the law enforcement official, (5) a person
18    under  the age of 18 child who personally witnessed a violent
19    crime perpetrated or attempted against a relative and, solely
20    for the purpose of compensating for pecuniary  loss  incurred
21    for   psychological   treatment  of  a  mental  or  emotional
22    condition caused or aggravated by the crime, any other person
23    under the age of 18 who is the brother, sister, half brother,
24    or half sister of a person killed or injured in this State as
25    a result of a crime of violence, or (6) an Illinois  resident
26    who  is  a victim of a "crime of violence" as defined in this
27    Act except, if the crime occurred  outside  this  State,  the
28    resident  has  the same rights under this Act as if the crime
29    had occurred in this State upon a  showing  that  the  state,
30    territory,  country, or political subdivision of a country in
31    which the crime occurred does  not  have  a  compensation  of
32    victims  of  crimes  law  for which that Illinois resident is
33    eligible.
34        (e)  "Dependent" means a relative of  a  deceased  victim
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 1    who  was  wholly  or  partially  dependent  upon the victim's
 2    income at the time of his or her death and shall include  the
 3    child of a victim born after his or her death.
 4        (f)  "Relative"  means  a  spouse,  parent,  grandparent,
 5    stepfather,    stepmother,    child,   grandchild,   brother,
 6    brother-in-law, sister,  sister-in-law,  half  brother,  half
 7    sister, spouse's parent, nephew, niece, uncle or aunt.
 8        (g)  "Child"  means  an  unmarried son or daughter who is
 9    under 18 years of age and includes a  stepchild,  an  adopted
10    child or an illegitimate child.
11        (h)  "Pecuniary  loss"  means,  in  the  case  of injury,
12    appropriate medical expenses and hospital expenses  including
13    expenses  of medical examinations, rehabilitation,  medically
14    required nursing care expenses, appropriate psychiatric  care
15    or  psychiatric  counseling  expenses,  expenses  for care or
16    counseling by a licensed clinical  psychologist  or  licensed
17    clinical   social   worker  and  expenses  for  treatment  by
18    Christian Science practitioners and nursing care  appropriate
19    thereto;  prosthetic appliances, eyeglasses, and hearing aids
20    necessary or damaged as a result of the crime; the  purchase,
21    lease,  or  rental of equipment necessary to create usability
22    of and  accessibility  to  the  victim's  real  and  personal
23    property,  or the real and personal property which is used by
24    the victim, necessary as a result of the  crime;  replacement
25    services  loss,  to  a maximum of $1000 per month; dependents
26    replacement services loss, to a maximum of $1000  per  month;
27    loss  of tuition paid to attend grammar school or high school
28    when the victim had been  enrolled  as  a  full-time  student
29    prior  to  the injury, or college or graduate school when the
30    victim had been enrolled as a full-time day or night  student
31    prior  to  the  injury  when  the  victim  becomes  unable to
32    continue attendance at school as a result  of  the  crime  of
33    violence  perpetrated  against  him or her; loss of earnings,
34    loss of future earnings because of disability resulting  from
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 1    the  injury,  and, in addition, in the case of death, funeral
 2    and burial expenses to a maximum of $5,000 $3000 and loss  of
 3    support  of  the  dependents  of  the  victim. Loss of future
 4    earnings shall be reduced by any income from substitute  work
 5    actually performed by the victim or by income he or she would
 6    have  earned  in  available appropriate substitute work he or
 7    she was capable of  performing  but  unreasonably  failed  to
 8    undertake.   Loss  of  earnings,  loss of future earnings and
 9    loss of support shall be  determined  on  the  basis  of  the
10    victim's  average  net  monthly  earnings  for  the  6 months
11    immediately preceding the date of the injury or on $1000  per
12    month, whichever is less.  If a divorced or legally separated
13    applicant  is  claiming  loss of support for a minor child of
14    the deceased, the amount of support for each child  shall  be
15    based  either  on  the  amount  of  support  the  minor child
16    received pursuant to the judgment for the 6 months  prior  to
17    the date of the deceased victim's injury or death, or, if the
18    subject  of  pending  litigation filed by or on behalf of the
19    divorced or legally separated applicant prior to  the  injury
20    or  death,  on  the  result  of  that  litigation.   Real and
21    personal property includes, but is not limited to,  vehicles,
22    houses,  apartments, town houses, or condominiums.  Pecuniary
23    loss does not include pain and suffering or property loss  or
24    damage.
25        (i)  "Replacement    services    loss"   means   expenses
26    reasonably  incurred  in  obtaining  ordinary  and  necessary
27    services in lieu of  those  the  permanently  injured  person
28    would  have performed, not for income, but for the benefit of
29    himself or herself or his or her family, if he or she had not
30    been permanently injured.
31        (j)  "Dependents replacement services  loss"  means  loss
32    reasonably  incurred  by dependents after a victim's death in
33    obtaining ordinary and necessary services in  lieu  of  those
34    the  victim  would  have  performed,  not for income, but for
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 1    their benefit, if he or she had not been fatally injured.
 2    (Source: P.A. 89-313, eff.  1-1-96;  89-428,  eff.  12-13-95;
 3    89-462,  eff.  5-29-96;  90-136,  eff.  1-1-98;  90-492, eff.
 4    8-17-97; revised 11-14-97.)
 5        (740 ILCS 45/10.1) (from Ch. 70, par. 80.1)
 6        Sec. 10.1.   The  amount  of  compensation  to  which  an
 7    applicant and other persons is entitled shall be based on the
 8    following factors:
 9        (a)  a victim may be compensated for his or her pecuniary
10    loss;
11        (b)  a dependent may be compensated for loss of support;
12        (c)  any  person  related  to the victim, even though not
13    dependent upon the victim for his  or  her  support,  may  be
14    compensated  for  reasonable  funeral,  medical  and hospital
15    expenses of the victim to the extent to which he or  she  has
16    paid  or become obligated to pay such expenses and only after
17    compensation for reasonable  funeral,  medical  and  hospital
18    expenses  of the victim have been awarded may compensation be
19    made for reasonable  expenses  of  the  victim  incurred  for
20    psychological  treatment  of  a mental or emotional condition
21    caused or aggravated by the crime;
22        (d)  an award shall be reduced or denied according to the
23    extent to which the victim's  acts  or  conduct  provoked  or
24    contributed  to  his or her injury or death, or the extent to
25    which any prior criminal conviction or conduct of the  victim
26    may  have directly or indirectly contributed to the injury or
27    death of the victim;
28        (e)  an award shall be reduced by the amount of benefits,
29    payments or awards payable  under  those  sources  which  are
30    required  to  be  listed under item (7) of Section 7.1(a) and
31    any other sources except annuities,  pension  plans,  Federal
32    Social  Security payments payable to dependents of the victim
33    and the net proceeds of the first $25,000 of  life  insurance
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 1    that  would  inure to the benefit of the applicant, which the
 2    applicant or any other person dependent for the support of  a
 3    deceased victim, as the case may be, has received or to which
 4    he  or  she  is entitled as a result of injury to or death of
 5    the victim.
 6        (f)  A final award shall not exceed $10,000 for  a  crime
 7    committed  prior  to  September 22, 1979, $15,000 for a crime
 8    committed on or after September 22, 1979 and prior to January
 9    1, 1986, or $25,000 for a crime committed on or after January
10    1, 1986 and prior to the effective date  of  this  amendatory
11    Act of 1998, or $27,000 for a crime committed on or after the
12    effective  date of this amendatory Act of 1998.  If the total
13    pecuniary loss is greater than the  maximum  amount  allowed,
14    the  award  shall  be  divided in proportion to the amount of
15    actual loss among those entitled to compensation;
16        (g)  compensation under this Act is a secondary source of
17    compensation and the applicant must show that he or  she  has
18    exhausted   the   benefits  reasonably  available  under  the
19    Criminal Victims' Escrow Account Act or any  governmental  or
20    medical  or  health  insurance  programs,  including, but not
21    limited  to  Workers'  Compensation,  the  Federal   Medicare
22    program,  the  State  Public  Aid  program,  Social  Security
23    Administration   burial   benefits,  Veterans  Administration
24    burial  benefits,  and  life,  health,  accident or liability
25    insurance.
26    (Source: P.A. 86-1009; 87-605.)
27        Section 99.  Effective date.  This Act takes effect  upon
28    becoming law.

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