§ 12-25-22. Limitations upon awarding compensation.
(a) Actions for compensation under this chapter shall be commenced within three (3) years after the date of the injury or death, and no compensation shall be awarded for an injury or death resulting from a crime that was not reported to the appropriate law enforcement authority within fifteen (15) days of its occurrence; provided, that the office shall have the authority to allow a claim that was not reported pursuant to this section when the victim or secondary victim was below the age of eighteen (18) years of age, or of unsound mind, or for good cause shown.
(b) No compensation shall be awarded under this chapter to the victim, or in the case of death to dependent relatives or to the legal representative, in a total amount in excess of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) plus any attorney fees awarded upon appeal to the treasurer or to the superior court pursuant to § 12-25-25.
(c) No compensation shall be awarded under this chapter to a secondary victim in a total amount in excess of one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500).
(d) No compensation shall be awarded when the office, in its discretion, determines that unjust enrichment to or on behalf of the offender would result. Compensation under this chapter shall not be awarded to any victim or dependent relative or legal representative if the award would directly or indirectly inure to the benefit of the offender.
(e) No interest shall be included in or added to an award of compensation under this chapter.
(f) When the plaintiff is the victim’s estate, it shall only be awarded compensation for the victim’s actual medical, hospital, funeral, and burial expenses for which the victim or his or her estate is not compensated by any other source and for the loss of support to the dependents of the victim.
History of Section.P.L. 1996, ch. 434, § 3; P.L. 1999, ch. 125, § 2; P.L. 1999, ch. 128, § 2; P.L. 2017, ch. 110, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 174, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 341, § 1; P.L. 2017, ch. 350, § 1.
Structure Rhode Island General Laws
Chapter 12-25 - Criminal Injuries Compensation
Section 12-25-1.1. - Transition to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Act of 1996.
Section 12-25-2 - — 12-25-8. Repealed.
Section 12-25-11, 12-25-12. - Repealed.
Section 12-25-12.1. - Repealed.
Section 12-25-12.2 - — 12-25-14. Repealed.
Section 12-25-16. - Short title.
Section 12-25-17. - Definitions.
Section 12-25-18. - Program established.
Section 12-25-19. - Awarding compensation.
Section 12-25-20. - Offenses to which chapter applies.
Section 12-25-21. - Nature of compensation.
Section 12-25-21.1. - Emergency fund for victims.
Section 12-25-22. - Limitations upon awarding compensation.
Section 12-25-23. - Terms of the award.
Section 12-25-24. - Subrogation — Prohibited.
Section 12-25-25. - Attorneys’ fees.
Section 12-25-26. - Recovery from offender.
Section 12-25-27. - Reports to the senate and the house of representatives.
Section 12-25-28. - Special indemnity account for criminal injuries compensation.
Section 12-25-29. - Use of funds to inform victims of their rights.
Section 12-25-30. - Deposit of funds.
Section 12-25-30.1. - Disclosure of records as to claims; confidentiality.