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UT Code § 63M-7-510 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 510 - Ineligible individuals -- Fraudulent reparations claims -- Penalties.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-510. Ineligible individuals -- Fraudulent reparations claims -- Penalties.    (1) The following individuals are not eligible to receive a reparations award:   (a) an individual who does not meet all of the provisions set forth in Section 63M-7-509;     (b) the offender;     (c) an accomplice of the offender;     (d) an individual whose receipt of a reparations award would unjustly benefit the offender, accomplice, or another individual reasonably suspected of participating in the offense;     (e) the victim of a motor vehicle injury who was the owner or operator of the motor vehicle and was not at the time of the injury in compliance with the state motor vehicle insurance laws;     (f) a convicted offender serving a sentence of imprisonment in any prison or jail or residing in any other correctional facility;     (g) an individual who is on probation or parole if the circumstances surrounding the offense of which the individual is a victim is a violation of the individual's probation or parole;      (h) an individual whose injuries are the result of criminally injurious conduct that occurred in a prison, jail, or another correctional facility while the individual was incarcerated; and     (i) an individual who:   (i) submits a fraudulent claim; or     (ii) misrepresents a material fact in requesting a reparations award.         (2)   (a) An individual may not knowingly:   (i) submit a fraudulent claim; or     (ii) misrepresent a material fact in requesting a reparations award.       (b) A violation of Subsection (2)(a) is:   (i) a class B misdemeanor if:   (A) the individual who violates Subsection (2)(a) does not receive a reparations award; or     (B) the value of the reparations award received is less than $500;       (ii) a class A misdemeanor if the value of the reparations award received is or exceeds $500 but is less than $1,500;     (iii) a third degree felony if the value of the reparations award received is or exceeds $1,500 but is less than $5,000; and     (iv) a second degree felony if the value of the reparations award received is or exceeds $5,000.         (3) The state attorney general may prosecute violations under this section or may make arrangements with county or city attorneys for the prosecution of violations under this section when the attorney general cannot conveniently prosecute.     (4)   (a) A claimant who is not eligible to receive a reparations award under Subsection (1) but receives a reparations award shall reimburse the fund for the amount of the reparations award.     (b) The office may bring a civil action against a victim who does not reimburse the fund for the amount of the reparations award in accordance with Subsection (4)(a).      Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-511 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 511 - Compensable losses and amounts.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-511. Compensable losses and amounts.  A reparations award under this part may be made if:  (1) the reparations officer finds the reparations claim satisfies the requirements for the reparations award under the provisions of this part and the rules of the board;     (2) money is available in the fund;     (3) the individual for whom the reparations award is to be paid is otherwise eligible under this part; and     (4) the reparations claim is for an allowable expense incurred by the victim, as follows:   (a) reasonable and necessary charges incurred for products, services, and accommodations;     (b) inpatient and outpatient medical treatment and physical therapy, subject to rules made by the board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;     (c) mental health counseling that:   (i) is set forth in a mental health treatment plan that is approved before any payment is made by a reparations officer; and     (ii) qualifies within any further rules made by the board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;       (d) actual loss of past earnings and anticipated loss of future earnings because of a death or disability resulting from the personal injury at a rate not to exceed 66-2/3% of the individual's weekly gross salary or wages or the maximum amount allowed under the state workers' compensation statute;     (e) care of minor children enabling a victim or spouse of a victim, but not both, to continue gainful employment at a rate per child per week as determined under rules established by the board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;     (f) funeral and burial expenses for death caused by the criminally injurious conduct, subject to rules made by the board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act;     (g) loss of support to a dependent not otherwise compensated for a pecuniary loss for personal injury, for as long as the dependence would have existed had the victim survived, at a rate not to exceed 66-2/3% of the individual's weekly salary or wages or the maximum amount allowed under the state workers' compensation statute, whichever is less;     (h) personal property necessary and essential to the health or safety of the victim as defined by rules made by the board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act; and     (i) medical examinations, subject to rules made by the board in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, which may allow for exemptions from Sections 63M-7-509, 63M-7-512, and 63M-7-513.      Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-511.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 511.5 - Limitation of reparations awards.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-511.5. Limitation of reparations awards.    (1)   (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a reparations award may not exceed $25,000.     (b) Notwithstanding Subsection (1)(a), a reparations award for medical expenses resulting from serious bodily injury or substantial bodily injury may not exceed $50,000.       (2)   (a) A reparations award under Subsection (1) includes any reparations award for a secondary victim.     (b) Unless otherwise requested by the claimant, the office shall pay a reparations award for the victim before a reparations award for a secondary victim.     (c) The reparations officer shall determine the priority of payment among multiple secondary victims on a single reparations claim.      Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-512 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 512 - Reparations reduction.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-512. Reparations reduction.    (1) Reparations otherwise payable to a claimant may be reduced or denied as follows:   (a) the economic loss upon which the claim is based has been or could be recouped from other persons, including collateral sources;     (b) the reparations officer considers the reparations claim unreasonable because of the misconduct of the claimant; or     (c) the victim did not use a facility or health care provider which would be covered by a collateral source.       (2) When two or more dependents are entitled to a reparations award as a result of a victim's death, the reparations officer shall apportion the reparations award among the dependents.    Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-513 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 513 - Collateral sources.

 Effective 7/1/2021  63M-7-513. Collateral sources.    (1)   (a) An order for restitution may not be considered readily available as a collateral source.     (b) Receipt of a reparations award under this part is considered an assignment of the victim's rights to restitution from the offender.       (2)   (a) The victim may not discharge a claim against an individual or entity without the office's written permission.     (b) The victim shall fully cooperate with the office in pursuing the office's right of reimbursement, including providing the office with any evidence in the victim's possession.       (3) The office's right of reimbursement applies regardless of whether the victim is fully compensated for the victim's losses.     (4) Notwithstanding Subsection 63M-7-512(1)(a), a victim of a sexual offense who requests testing of the victim's self may be reimbursed for the costs of the HIV test only as provided in Subsection 76-5-503(4).    Amended by Chapter 260, 2021 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-514 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 514 - Notification of claimant -- Suspension of proceedings.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-514. Notification of claimant -- Suspension of proceedings.    (1)   (a) The office shall immediately notify the claimant in writing of a reparations award and shall forward to the Division of Finance a certified copy of the reparations award and a warrant request for the amount of the reparations award.     (b) The Division of Finance shall pay the claimant the amount submitted to the division, out of the fund.     (c) If money in the fund is temporarily depleted, the office shall place claimants approved to receive a reparations award on a waiting list and provide the reparations awards as funds are available in the order in which the reparations awards are approved.       (2) The reparations officer may suspend the proceedings pending disposition of a criminal prosecution that is commenced or is imminent.    Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-515 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 515 - Rules for contested reparations claims -- Exemption from Administrative Procedures Act.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-515. Rules for contested reparations claims -- Exemption from Administrative Procedures Act.    (1) Rules for procedures for contested determinations by a reparations officer shall be adopted in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act.     (2) The office is exempt from Title 63G, Chapter 4, Administrative Procedures Act.    Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-516 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 516 - Waiver of privilege.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-516. Waiver of privilege.    (1)   (a) A victim who is a claimant waives any privilege as to communications or records relevant to an issue of the physical, mental, or emotional conditions of the victim except for the attorney-client privilege.     (b) The waiver described in Subsection (1)(a) applies only to reparations officers, the director, the board, and legal counsel.       (2) A claimant may be required to supply any additional medical or psychological reports available relating to the injury or death for which compensation is claimed.     (3)   (a) The reparations officer hearing a reparations claim or an appeal from a reparations claim shall make available to the claimant a copy of the report.     (b) If the victim is deceased, the director or the director's appointee, on request, shall furnish the claimant a copy of the report unless dissemination of that copy is prohibited by law.      Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-517 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 517 - Additional testing.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-517. Additional testing.    (1) If the mental, physical, or emotional condition of a victim is material to a reparations claim, the reparations officer, director, or chair of the board who hears the reparations claim or the appeal may order the claimant to submit to a mental or physical examination by a physician or psychologist and may recommend to the court to order an autopsy of a deceased victim.     (2) The court may order an additional examination for good cause shown and shall provide notice to the individual to be examined and the individual's representative.     (3) All reports from additional examinations shall set out findings, including results of all tests made, diagnoses, prognoses, other conclusions, and reports of earlier examinations of the same conditions.     (4) A copy of the report shall be made available to the victim or the representative of the victim unless dissemination of that copy is prohibited by law.    Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-518 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 518 - Failure to comply.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-518. Failure to comply.  If an individual refuses to comply with an order under this part or asserts a privilege, except privileges arising from the attorney-client relationship, to withhold or suppress evidence relevant to a reparations claim, the director or reparations officer may make any appropriate determination including denial of the reparations claim. Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-519 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 519 - Assignment of recovery -- Reimbursement.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-519. Assignment of recovery -- Reimbursement.    (1)   (a) By accepting a reparations award, the victim:   (i) automatically assigns to the office any claim the victim may have relating to criminally injurious conduct in the reparations claim; and     (ii) is required to reimburse the office if the victim recovers any money relating to the criminally injurious conduct.       (b) The office's right of assignment and reimbursement under Subsection (1)(a) is limited to the lesser of:   (i) the amount paid by the office; or     (ii) the amount recovered by the victim from the third party.       (c) The office may be reimbursed under Subsection (1)(a) regardless of whether the office exercises the office's right of assignment under Subsection (1)(a).       (2) The board, with the concurrence of the director, may reduce the office's right of reimbursement if the board determines that:   (a) the reduction will benefit the fund; or     (b) the victim has ongoing expenses related to the offense upon which the reparations claim is based and the benefit to the victim of reducing the office's right of reimbursement exceeds the benefit to the office of receiving full reimbursement.       (3) The office reserves the right to make a claim for reimbursement on behalf of the victim and the victim may not impair the office's claim or the office's right of reimbursement.    Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-521 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 521 - Reparations award -- Payment methods -- Claims against the award.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-521. Reparations award -- Payment methods -- Claims against the award.    (1)   (a) Except as provided in Subsection (1)(b), a reparations officer may provide for the payment of a reparations award in a lump sum or in installments.      (b)   (i) The reparations officer shall pay the part of a reparations award equal to the amount of economic loss accrued to the date of the reparations award in a lump sum.      (ii) A reparations officer may not pay allowable expense that would accrue after an initial reparations award is made in a lump sum.     (iii) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a reparations officer shall award the part of a reparations award that may not be paid in a lump sum under this Subsection (1)(b) in installments.         (2) At the request of the claimant, the reparations officer may convert future economic loss installment payments, other than allowable expense, to a lump sum payment, discounted to present value, but only upon a finding by the reparations officer that the reparations award in a lump sum will promote the interests of the claimant.     (3)   (a) A reparations award for future economic loss payable in installments may be made only for a period for which the reparations officer can reasonably determine future economic loss.     (b) The reparations officer may reconsider and modify a reparations award for future economic loss payable in installments, upon the reparations officer's finding that a material and substantial change of circumstances has occurred.       (4) A reparations award is not subject to execution, attachment, or garnishment, except that a reparations award for allowable expense is not exempt from a claim of a creditor to the extent that the creditor provided products, services, or accommodations, the costs of which are included in the reparations award.     (5) An assignment or agreement to assign a reparations award for loss accruing in the future is unenforceable, except:   (a) an assignment of a reparations award of reparations for work loss to secure payment of alimony, maintenance, or child support;     (b) an assignment of a reparations award for allowable expense to the extent that the benefits are for the cost of products, services, or accommodations necessitated by the injury or death on which the reparations claim is based and are provided or to be provided by the assignee; or     (c) an assignment to repay a loan obtained to pay for the obligations or expenses described in Subsection (5)(a) or (b).      Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-521.5 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 521.5 - Payments to medical service providers.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-521.5. Payments to medical service providers.    (1)   (a) Except as provided in Subsection (2), a medical service provider who accepts payment from the office shall agree to accept payments as payment in full on behalf of the victim or claimant and may not attempt to collect further payment from the victim or the claimant for services for which the office has made payment.     (b) In the event the office is unable to make full payment in accordance with the office's rules, the medical service provider may collect from the victim or claimant, but not more than the amount the provider would have received from the office.       (2)   (a) When a medical service provider receives notice that a reparations claim has been filed, the medical service provider may not, before the office determines whether to issue a reparations award, engage in debt collection for the claim, including:   (i) repeatedly calling or writing to a victim and threatening to refer unpaid health care costs to a debt collection agency, attorney, or other person for collection; or     (ii) filing for or pursuing a legal remedy for payment of unpaid health care costs.       (b) The statute of limitations for collecting a debt is tolled during the time in which a request for a reparations award is being reviewed by the office.       (3) The office may:   (a) use the fee schedule utilized by the Utah Public Employees Health Plan or any other fee schedule adopted by the board; and     (b) make rules in accordance with Title 63G, Chapter 3, Utah Administrative Rulemaking Act, necessary to implement the fee schedule adopted in accordance with this section.      Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-522 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 522 - Emergency reparations award.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-522. Emergency reparations award.    (1) If the reparations officer determines that the claimant will suffer financial hardship unless an emergency reparations award is made, and it appears likely that a final reparations award will be made, an amount may be paid to the claimant, to be deducted from the final reparations award or repaid by and recoverable from the claimant to the extent that it exceeds the final reparations award.     (2) The board may limit emergency reparations awards under Subsection (1) to any amount the board considers necessary.    Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-523 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 523 - Review of reparations award decision.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-523. Review of reparations award decision.    (1) The reparations officer shall review at least annually every reparations award being paid in installments.     (2) An order on review of a reparations award does not require refund of amounts previously paid unless the reparations award was obtained by fraud or a material mistake of fact.    Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session
UT Code § 63M-7-524 (2021)
2021 Utah Code|Title 63M - Governor's Programs|Chapter 7 - Criminal Justice and Substance Abuse|Part 5 - Utah Office for Victims of Crime|Section 524 - Attorney fees.

 Effective 5/12/2020  63M-7-524. Attorney fees.    (1) The claims procedures shall be sufficiently simple that the assistance of an attorney is unnecessary, and no attorney fees may be paid for the assistance of an attorney or any other representative in filing the reparations claim or providing information to the reparations officer.     (2) Attorney fees may be granted in the following circumstances and shall be paid out of the reparations award not to exceed 15% of the amount of the reparations award:   (a) when a reparations award is denied and, after a hearing, the decision to deny is overturned; or     (b) when minor dependents of a deceased victim require assistance in establishing a trust or determining a guardian.       (3)   (a) An attorney or any other person providing assistance in a reparations claim, who contracts for or receives sums not allowed under this part, is guilty of a class B misdemeanor.      (b) This Subsection (3) does not apply to attorneys who assist the victim in filing a civil action against the perpetrator.      Amended by Chapter 149, 2020 General Session