Bills

AB 1187: California Victim Compensation Board: reimbursement for personal or technological safety devices or services.

  • Session Year: 2023-2024
  • House: Assembly
  • Latest Version Date: 2023-10-08

Current Status:

Passed

(2023-10-08: Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 468, Statutes of 2023.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Enacted

What does this bill do?

This bill allows the California Victim Compensation Board to pay for counseling provided by Certified Child Life Specialists (those certified by the Association of Child Life Professionals) for crime victims and eligible family members. Those specialists must provide counseling under the supervision of a licensed provider and the board must approve the reimbursement.

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Existing law generally provides for the compensation of victims and derivative victims of specified types of crimes by the California Victim Compensation Board from the Restitution Fund, which is continuously appropriated to the board. Existing law authorizes the board to grant for pecuniary loss, when the board determines that it will best aid the person seeking compensation, as specified. Existing law authorizes the board to 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 and 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, subject to specified criteria.

This bill would also authorize the board to reimburse the expense of counseling services provided by a Certified Child Life Specialist, certified by the Association of Child Life Professionals, who provides counseling under the supervision of a licensed provider, subject to the boards approval, as specified. By expanding the authorizations for use of moneys in the Restitution Fund, a continuously appropriated fund, this bill would make an appropriation.

Discussed in Hearing

Senate Floor 3MIN
Sep 5, 2023

Senate Floor

Senate Standing Committee on Public Safety 6MIN
Jun 20, 2023

Senate Standing Committee on Public Safety

Assembly Floor 1MIN
May 25, 2023

Assembly Floor

Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety 12MIN
Apr 18, 2023

Assembly Standing Committee on Public Safety

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Chaptered (10/8/2023)

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