The commission may order payment of reparation for:
A. expenses actually and reasonably incurred as a result of the victim's injury or death;
B. loss to the victim of earning power as a result of total or partial incapacity;
C. any other pecuniary loss directly resulting from the victim's injury or death which the commission determines to be reasonable and proper; and
D. any expenses incurred for rehabilitation services provided to a victim of child abuse or neglect, including child sexual abuse, but awards made pursuant to this subsection shall be made directly to the provider of the rehabilitation services for payment of those services.
History: Laws 1981, ch. 325, § 9; 1989, ch. 246, § 5.
The 1989 amendment, effective June 16, 1989, added Subsection D.
Structure New Mexico Statutes
Chapter 31 - Criminal Procedure
Article 22 - Crime Victims Reparations
Section 31-22-1 - Short title.
Section 31-22-3 - Definitions.
Section 31-22-4 - Crime victims reparation commission created; membership; reimbursement.
Section 31-22-5 - Claims; review; hearings and evidence.
Section 31-22-6 - Medical examination; attorneys' fees; penalty.
Section 31-22-7 - Eligibility for reparation.
Section 31-22-8 - Crimes enumerated.
Section 31-22-9 - Award of reparation.
Section 31-22-10 - Relationship to offender.
Section 31-22-11 - No award to certain confined persons.
Section 31-22-12 - Recovery from offender.
Section 31-22-13 - Terms of order.
Section 31-22-14 - Limitations on award; collateral recovery; preliminary award.
Section 31-22-15 - Exemption from execution.
Section 31-22-16 - Survival or abatement.
Section 31-22-17 - Rule-making powers.
Section 31-22-18 - Confidentiality of records, reports and claim files.
Section 31-22-19 - Annual report.
Section 31-22-21 - Crime victims reparation fund created; purposes.
Section 31-22-22 - Distribution of money received as result of crime; escrow account.