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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="11-810" title_number="11" title_name="Victims and Witnesses" subtitle_number="8" subtitle_name="Criminal Injuries Compensation Board">
  <level label="a">
    <text>The Board may make an award only if the Board finds that:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a crime or delinquent act was committed; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the crime or delinquent act directly resulted in:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>physical injury to or death of the victim; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>psychological injury to the victim that necessitated mental health counseling.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>The Board shall accept as evidence:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>a report produced by a law enforcement agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>medical records documenting an injury consistent with the alleged crime;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>a sworn statement from a qualified third party;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>a peace order issued under Title 3, Subtitle 15 of the Courts Article;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="5">
      <text>a protective order issued under Title 4, Subtitle 5 of the Family Law Article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="6">
      <text>any other evidence the Board considers probative.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>Unless total dependency is established, family members, household members, and minors living with a legal guardian are considered to be partly dependent on a parent or a legal guardian with whom they reside without regard to actual earnings.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>The Board may make an award only if the claimant, as a result of the injury on which the claim is based, has:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>incurred at least $100 in unreimbursed and unreimbursable expenses or indebtedness reasonably incurred or claimed for:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>medical care, including the cost of medical supplies;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>expenses for eyeglasses and other corrective lenses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>mental health counseling;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>funeral expenses;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="v">
        <text>repairing, replacing, or cleaning property;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vi">
        <text>disability or dependent claim, or any assistive technology related to a disability or dependent claim;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="vii">
        <text>the costs of one–time relocation, including any security deposit;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="viii">
        <text>child care expenses incurred as a result of seeking medical or psychological care;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ix">
        <text>transportation costs incurred by travel to seek medical or psychological care; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="x">
        <text>other necessary services; or</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>lost at least $100 in earnings or support.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="e">
    <text>A claimant filing for injuries incurred as the occupant of a motor vehicle or a dependent of an occupant of a motor vehicle operated in violation of § 21–902 of the Transportation Article may not receive an award unless the claimant proves that the occupant did not know or could not have known of the condition of the operator of the vehicle.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="f">
    <level label="1">
      <text>A victim or dependent may not be denied compensation because the victim:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>is a relative of the offender; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>was living with the offender as a family member or household member at the time of the injury or death.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>If the Board can reasonably determine that the offender will not receive any economic benefit or undue enrichment from the compensation, the Board may award compensation to a victim or dependent who is a relative, family member, or household member of the offender.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
