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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-808" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Criminal Injuries Compensation Board">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Except as provided in paragraph (2) of this subsection, the following persons are eligible for awards in the manner provided under this subtitle:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>a victim;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>a dependent of a victim who died as a direct result of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a crime or delinquent act;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>trying to prevent a crime or delinquent act or an attempted crime or delinquent act from occurring in the victim’s presence or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crime or delinquent act in the victim’s presence; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>helping a law enforcement officer perform the officer’s duties or helping a member of a fire department or an agency that provides emergency medical services who is obstructed from performing the member’s duties;</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>any person who paid or assumed responsibility for the funeral expenses of a victim who died as a direct result of:</text>
        <level label="1">
          <text>a crime or delinquent act;</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>trying to prevent a crime or delinquent act or an attempted crime or delinquent act from occurring in the victim’s presence or trying to apprehend a person who had committed a crime or delinquent act in the victim’s presence; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="3">
          <text>helping a law enforcement officer perform the officer’s duties or helping a member of a fire department or an agency that provides emergency medical services who is obstructed from performing the member’s duties; and</text>
        </level>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <level label="1">
          <text>a parent, child, domestic partner, dependent minor, adult under legal guardianship, or spouse of a victim who resides with the victim; or</text>
        </level>
        <level label="2">
          <text>a parent, child, domestic partner, dependent minor, adult under legal guardianship, or spouse of an individual who is incarcerated for abuse as defined in § 4–501 of the Family Law Article and who, prior to incarceration:</text>
        </level>
        <level label="A">
          <text>resided with the parent, child, domestic partner, dependent minor, adult under their legal guardianship, or spouse; and</text>
        </level>
        <level label="B">
          <text>provided financial support to the parent, child, domestic partner, dependent minor, adult under the individual’s legal guardianship, or spouse.</text>
        </level>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A person who commits the crime or delinquent act that is the basis of a claim, or an accomplice of the person, is not eligible to receive an award with respect to the claim.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>A resident of the State is eligible for an award under this subtitle if the resident becomes a victim in another state other than this State that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>does not operate a criminal injuries compensation program;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>operates a criminal injuries compensation program for which the victim is ineligible; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>operates a criminal injuries compensation program for which money has not been appropriated or made available.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A person eligible to receive an award under subsection (a) or (b) of this section may file a claim under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If a person eligible to receive an award is under 18 years of age, the person’s parent or guardian may file a claim under this subtitle.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>If a person eligible to receive an award is mentally incompetent, the person’s guardian or other person authorized to administer the person’s estate may file the claim on the person’s behalf.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
