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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-606" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="6" subtitle_name="Restitution and Other Payments">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The court may order that restitution be paid to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the victim;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the Maryland Department of Health, the Criminal Injuries Compensation Board, or any other governmental unit;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a third–party payor, including:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>an insurer; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>any other person that has, under Part I of this subtitle:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>compensated the victim for a property or pecuniary loss; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>paid an expense on behalf of a victim;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>any person for whom restitution is authorized by law; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a person who has provided to or for a victim goods, property, or services for which restitution is authorized under § 11–603 of this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Subject to paragraph (2) of this subsection and § 11–617(b) of this subtitle, payment of restitution to the victim has priority over any payments to any other person or governmental unit.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the victim has been fully compensated for the victim’s loss by a third–party payor, the court may issue a judgment of restitution that directs the restitution obligor to pay restitution to the third–party payor.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
