Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 61 - Attorney General › Chapter 9 - Victim Assistance Program › Rule 61-9.35 - Computation of Benefit Categories

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
The division shall determine the amount of compensation to be
				awarded to an eligible applicant for injury from crime for each benefit
				category pursuant to Iowa Code section 915.86.
(1)
Medical care.
Compensation may be paid for the reasonable expenses of medical care provided
			 to eligible crime victims by, or under the supervision of, a person licensed by
			 the state under Iowa Code chapter 147, 148, 148A, 148E, 149, 150A, 151, 152C,
			 or 153. When preexisting medical conditions are treated during crime-related
			 medical care, the program may reduce payment to a percentage equal to the
			 portion of the medical care determined to be directly related to the
			 compensable crime. Medical care expenses include the following:
a.
Medical care sanctioned by
			 sovereign nations and tribes.
Compensation may be paid for medical
			 care rendered in accordance with a method of healing sanctioned by a
			 state-recognized or federally recognized sovereign nation or tribe.
b.
Medical counseling costs.
Compensation may be paid for counseling provided under the direct supervision
			 of a psychiatrist or other physician and shall be applied toward the medical
			 benefit maximum.
c.
Medical
			 care for homicide victim survivors.
Compensation may be paid to the
			 spouse, child, parent, sibling, or person related by blood or affinity to a
			 homicide victim for the same types of medical care which are allowable for
			 primary victims, including but not limited to hospital and physician care,
			 psychiatric care, prescriptions, and transportation expenses related to injury
			 from the crime.
d.
Medical
			 equipment and property alteration.
Compensation may be paid for
			 equipment and property alteration which are prescribed as medically necessary
			 care due to injury from the crime.
e.
Medical supplies.
Compensation may be paid for medical care supplies and incidental supplies
			 necessary for medical care due to injury from the crime.
f.
Medical care for
			 pregnancy.
Compensation may be paid for medical care costs related to
			 pregnancy resulting from the crime of sexual abuse. Eligible expenses for care
			 of the victim shall be paid. Expenses incurred for care of a newborn child are
			 not compensable.
g.
Medical
			 devices.
Compensation may be paid for the replacement of a medical
			 device including but not limited to a sight or hearing device, dentures,
			 prosthetic device, wheelchair, and medication that was taken, lost or destroyed
			 during the crime.
h.
Transportation for medical emergency.
Compensation may be paid
			 for the reasonable cost of transportation in a medical emergency by private
			 vehicle at the per-mile rate established by the department of administrative
			 services for state employees using a privately owned vehicle for state
			 business. Mileage will be based on mileage calculation from the most current
			 map published by the department of transportation. Transportation within a city
			 limits will be based on the program's estimate of mileage from the location of
			 the injured victim to the medical facility.
i.
Transportation for nonemergency
			 care.
Compensation may be paid for the cost of transportation by
			 commercial vehicle or by private car for nonemergency medical care and
			 counseling received outside of the victim's county of residence. Transportation
			 provided by private vehicle for nonemergency care will be reimbursed at the
			 per-mile rate established by the department of administrative services for
			 state employees using a privately owned vehicle for state business. Mileage
			 will be based on mileage calculation from the most current map published by the
			 department of transportation.
j.
Transportation medical benefit.
Compensation may be paid for
			 transportation from the applicable medical care or counseling benefit category.
			 The available funds to the victim from the applicable benefit category will be
			 reduced by the amount of compensation paid for transportation.
k.
Health insurance.
Compensation may be paid for premiums to continue a health insurance policy
			 that was provided in whole or in part by the victim's employer prior to the
			 crime and the employment ceased as a result of the crime.