HB 4134

Abstract

Amends the Crime Victims Compensation Act. Includes hate crime in the definition of "crime of violence". In the definition of "victim", includes the parent of a person (rather than the parent of a child) killed or injured as a result of a crime of violence. Includes the following in the definition of "pecuniary loss": (i) the loss of tuition paid to attend school when the victim had been enrolled as a student (rather than as a full-time student); and (ii) transportation expenses to and from medical and treatment facilities. Changes the definition of "dependents replacement services loss" so that it applies to loss reasonably incurred by private legal guardians of a minor dependent (in addition to loss reasonably incurred by dependents) after a victim's death under specified circumstances. Changes the definition of "replacement services loss" so that it applies to expenses reasonably incurred in obtaining ordinary and necessary services that would have been performed by an injured person (rather than a permanently injured person) under specified circumstances.