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GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 13957-13958



13957.  (a) The board may grant for pecuniary loss, when the board
determines it will best aid the person seeking compensation, as
follows:
   (1) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2,
reimburse the amount of medical or medical-related expenses incurred
by the victim, including, but not limited to, eyeglasses, hearing
aids, dentures, or any prosthetic device taken, lost, or destroyed
during the commission of the crime, or the use of which became
necessary as a direct result of the crime.
   (2) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2,
reimburse the amount of outpatient psychiatric, psychological, or
other mental health counseling-related expenses incurred by the
victim or derivative victim, including peer counseling services
provided by a rape crisis center as defined by Section 13837 of the
Penal Code, and including family psychiatric, psychological, or
mental health counseling for the successful treatment of the victim
provided to family members of the victim in the presence of the
victim, whether or not the family member relationship existed at the
time of the crime, that became necessary as a direct result of the
crime, subject to the following conditions:
   (A) The following persons may be reimbursed for the expense of
their outpatient mental health counseling in an amount not to exceed
ten thousand dollars ($10,000):
   (i) A victim.
   (ii) A derivative victim who is the surviving parent, sibling,
child, spouse, fianc	
	
	
	
	

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Gov > 13957-13958

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 13957-13958



13957.  (a) The board may grant for pecuniary loss, when the board
determines it will best aid the person seeking compensation, as
follows:
   (1) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2,
reimburse the amount of medical or medical-related expenses incurred
by the victim, including, but not limited to, eyeglasses, hearing
aids, dentures, or any prosthetic device taken, lost, or destroyed
during the commission of the crime, or the use of which became
necessary as a direct result of the crime.
   (2) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2,
reimburse the amount of outpatient psychiatric, psychological, or
other mental health counseling-related expenses incurred by the
victim or derivative victim, including peer counseling services
provided by a rape crisis center as defined by Section 13837 of the
Penal Code, and including family psychiatric, psychological, or
mental health counseling for the successful treatment of the victim
provided to family members of the victim in the presence of the
victim, whether or not the family member relationship existed at the
time of the crime, that became necessary as a direct result of the
crime, subject to the following conditions:
   (A) The following persons may be reimbursed for the expense of
their outpatient mental health counseling in an amount not to exceed
ten thousand dollars ($10,000):
   (i) A victim.
   (ii) A derivative victim who is the surviving parent, sibling,
child, spouse, fianc	
	











































		
		
	

	
	
	

			

			
		

		

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > California > Gov > 13957-13958

GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 13957-13958



13957.  (a) The board may grant for pecuniary loss, when the board
determines it will best aid the person seeking compensation, as
follows:
   (1) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2,
reimburse the amount of medical or medical-related expenses incurred
by the victim, including, but not limited to, eyeglasses, hearing
aids, dentures, or any prosthetic device taken, lost, or destroyed
during the commission of the crime, or the use of which became
necessary as a direct result of the crime.
   (2) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2,
reimburse the amount of outpatient psychiatric, psychological, or
other mental health counseling-related expenses incurred by the
victim or derivative victim, including peer counseling services
provided by a rape crisis center as defined by Section 13837 of the
Penal Code, and including family psychiatric, psychological, or
mental health counseling for the successful treatment of the victim
provided to family members of the victim in the presence of the
victim, whether or not the family member relationship existed at the
time of the crime, that became necessary as a direct result of the
crime, subject to the following conditions:
   (A) The following persons may be reimbursed for the expense of
their outpatient mental health counseling in an amount not to exceed
ten thousand dollars ($10,000):
   (i) A victim.
   (ii) A derivative victim who is the surviving parent, sibling,
child, spouse, fianc