California Government Code

§ 13957

GOV § 13957 Effective Jan 1, 2024Div. 3 · Title 2 · Part 4 · Ch. 5 · Art. 4

Statute text

(a)The board may grant for pecuniary loss, when the board determines it will best aid the person seeking compensation, as follows:

(1)Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2, reimburse the amount of medical or medical-related expenses incurred by the victim for services that were provided by a licensed medical provider, including, but not limited to, eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures, or any prosthetic device taken, lost, or destroyed during the commission of the crime, or the use of which became necessary as a direct result of the crime.

(2)Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2, reimburse the amount of outpatient psychiatric, psychological, or other mental health counseling-related expenses incurred by the victim or derivative victim, including peer counseling services provided by a rape crisis center as defined by Section 13837 of the Penal Code, counseling services provided by a Certified Child Life Specialist, certified by the Association of Child Life Professionals, who provides counseling under the supervision of a licensed provider, subject to the board’s approval and subject to the limitations and restrictions the board may impose, and including family psychiatric, psychological, or mental health counseling for the successful treatment of the victim provided to family members of the victim in the presence of the victim, whether or not the family member relationship existed at the time of the crime, that became necessary as a direct result of the crime, subject to the following conditions:

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Legislative history

Amended (as amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 771, Sec. 4.5) by Stats. 2023, Ch. 468, Sec. 1. (AB 1187) Effective January 1, 2024. Conditionally inoperative July 1, 2024, as prescribed by its own provisions. Conditionally repealed January 1, 2025, as prescribed by its own provisions. See later operative version, as amended by Sec. 2 of Stats. 2023, Ch. 468.