Bill Text: NH HB1235 | 2022 | Regular Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relative to compensation paid to a crime victim.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-05-24 - Signed by Governor Sununu 05/20/2022; Chapter 68; Eff. 07/19/2022 [HB1235 Detail]
Download: New_Hampshire-2022-HB1235-Enrolled.html
HB 1235-FN - VERSION ADOPTED BY BOTH BODIES
16Feb2022... 0396h
31Mar2022... 1170h
2022 SESSION
22-2497
04/10
HOUSE BILL 1235-FN
AN ACT relative to compensation paid to a crime victim.
SPONSORS: Rep. Cushing, Rock. 21; Rep. Meuse, Rock. 29; Rep. Walz, Merr. 23
COMMITTEE: Judiciary
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AMENDED ANALYSIS
This bill increases the maximum recovery per claimant under the victims' assistance fund.
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Explanation: Matter added to current law appears in bold italics.
Matter removed from current law appears [in brackets and struckthrough.]
Matter which is either (a) all new or (b) repealed and reenacted appears in regular type.
16Feb2022... 0396h
31Mar2022... 1170h 22-2497
04/10
STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
In the Year of Our Lord Two Thousand Twenty Two
AN ACT relative to compensation paid to a crime victim.
Be it Enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General Court convened:
1 Crime Victims Assistance; Claimant Eligibility. Amend RSA 21-M:8-h, V to read as follows:
V. The claimant may be reimbursed for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, medical expenses, funeral expenses, counseling expenses, rehabilitative expenses, expenses associated with the victim's participation in post-conviction proceedings and victim-offender dialogue programs or other restorative justice programs, and lost wages directly resulting from the crime. Claimants eligible under subparagraph I(a)(4) may be reimbursed for the costs of removing the tattoo with an identifying mark. No reimbursement shall be paid unless the claimant has incurred reimbursable expenses of at least $100. There shall be a [$40,000] $50,000 maximum recovery per claimant per incident. If expenses paid through the victims' assistance program fund are later covered by insurance settlements, civil suit settlements, or restitution, or through any other source, the claimant shall reimburse the fund for the amount of expenses recovered.
2 Effective Date. This act shall take effect 60 days after its passage.
22-2497
Amended 4/5/22
HB 1235-FN- FISCAL NOTE
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE (AMENDMENT #2022-1170h)
AN ACT relative to compensation paid to a crime victim.
FISCAL IMPACT: [ X ] State [ ] County [ ] Local [ ] None
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STATE: | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 |
Appropriation | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Revenue | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
Expenditures | $0 | Indeterminable | Indeterminable | Indeterminable |
Funding Source: | [ ] General [ ] Education [ ] Highway [ X ] Other - Victims' Assistance Fund | |||
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METHODOLOGY:
This bill increases the maximum recovery per claimant under the Victims' Assistance Fund.
The Department of Justice indicates this bill would raise the cap for victim assistance claims by $10,000, from $40,000 to $50,000. The Department states the number of claims received through Victim Assistance cannot be determined in advance. Therefore, both the revenue and expenditure fiscal impact is indeterminable.
It is assumed that any fiscal impact would occur after FY 2022.
AGENCIES CONTACTED:
Department of Justice
