| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 806, §3, is | repealed. |
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| | Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 806, §3, is | amended to read: |
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| | 4. Eligible expenses and losses. "Eligible expenses and | losses" means expenses and losses resulting from a personal | injury sustained by an individual as a direct result of a crime | specified in subsection 3 and may include medical and medically | related expenses, which may include psychological or mental | health counseling expenses, lost wages, and funeral and burial | expenses,.__"Eligible expenses and losses" may include costs of | eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures or other prosthetic devices | taken, lost, destroyed or damaged as the direct a result of a the | crime specified in subsection 3 and costs of crime scene cleanup. | Expenses and losses claimed under this subsection must be | expenses or losses actually and reasonably incurred. |
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| | Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§6 is enacted to read: |
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| | 6.__Personal injury.__"Personal injury" means bodily injury as | defined in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 5 or psychological | injury incurred by a victim who has sustained bodily injury or | the threat of bodily injury. |
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| | Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §3360-B, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 378, §5, is | further amended to read: |
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| | 1. Eligibility of victims. The board may award compensation | to any individual who: |
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| A. Suffers bodily personal injury as a direct result of a | crime specified in section 3360, committed within the | jurisdiction of the State; |
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| B. Has been sexually assaulted within this State in | violation of Title 17-A, chapter 11 without regard to | whether bodily injury or the threat of bodily injury | occurred; |
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| C. Would otherwise be eligible for compensation, even | though: |
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| (1) The criminal conduct occurred in this State but | within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States; |
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