RCW 7.68.015 Program to be operated within conditions and limitations. The department of labor and industries shall operate the crime victims’ compensation program within the appropriations and the conditions and limitations on the appropriations provided for this program. [ 1989 1st ex.s. c 5 § 1.] NOTES: Severability—1989 1st ex.s. c 5: “If any provision […]
RCW 7.68.020 Definitions. The following words and phrases as used in this chapter have the meanings set forth in this section unless the context otherwise requires. (1) “Accredited school” means a school or course of instruction which is: (a) Approved by the state superintendent of public instruction, the state board of education, or the state […]
RCW 7.68.030 Duties of the director—General provisions—Testimony by medical providers. (1) It shall be the duty of the director to establish and administer a program of benefits to innocent victims of criminal acts within the terms and limitations of this chapter. The director may apply for and, subject to appropriation, expend federal funds under Public […]
RCW 7.68.031 Sending notices, orders, payments to claimants. On all claims under this chapter, claimants’ written or electronic notices, orders, or payments must be forwarded directly to the claimant until such time as there has been entered an order on the claim appealable to the board of industrial insurance appeals. Claimants’ written or electronic notices, […]
RCW 7.68.032 Transmission of amounts payable. The department may, at any time, on receipt of written or electronic authorization, transmit amounts payable to a claimant or to the account of such person in a bank or other financial institution regulated by state or federal authority. [ 2011 c 346 § 202.] NOTES: Intent—Retroactive application—Effective date—2011 […]
RCW 7.68.033 Protection of payments—Payment after death—Time limitations for filing—Confinement in institution. (1) Except as provided in RCW 43.20B.720, 72.09.111, 74.20A.260, and 51.32.380, no money paid or payable under this chapter shall, before the issuance and delivery of the payment, or disbursement of electronic funds or electronic payment, be assigned, charged, or taken in execution, […]
RCW 7.68.034 Direct deposit or electronic payment of benefits. Any victim or other recipient of benefits under this chapter may elect to have any payments due paid by debit card or other electronic means or transferred to such person’s account in a financial institution for either: (1) Credit to the recipient’s account in such financial […]
RCW 7.68.035 Penalty assessments in addition to fine or bail forfeiture—Distribution—Establishment of crime victim and witness programs in county—Contribution required from cities and towns. (1)(a) When any person is found guilty in any superior court of having committed a crime, except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, there shall be imposed by the […]
RCW 7.68.045 Crime victims’ compensation account—Created. The crime victims’ compensation account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. Expenditures from the account may be used only for the crime victims’ compensation program under this chapter. Only the director of the department or the director’s designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account […]
RCW 7.68.050 Right of action for damages—Election—Effect of election or recovery—Lien of state. (1) No right of action at law for damages incurred as a consequence of a criminal act shall be lost as a consequence of being entitled to benefits under the provisions of this chapter. The victim or his or her beneficiary may […]
RCW 7.68.060 Applications for benefits—Accrual of rights. (1) Except for applications received pursuant to subsection (6) of this section, no compensation of any kind shall be available under this chapter if: (a) An application for benefits is not received by the department within three years after the date the criminal act was reported to a […]
RCW 7.68.061 Who not entitled to compensation. If injury or death results to a victim from the deliberate intention of the victim himself or herself to produce such injury or death, or while the victim is engaged in the attempt to commit, or the commission of, a felony, neither the victim nor the widow, widower, […]
RCW 7.68.062 Application for compensation—Treating provider shall provide assistance. (1)(a) Where a victim is eligible for compensation under this chapter he or she shall file with the department his or her application for such, together with the certificate of the treating provider who attended him or her. An application for compensation form developed by the […]
RCW 7.68.063 Beneficiaries’ application for compensation. Where death results from injury the parties eligible for compensation under this chapter, or someone in their behalf, shall make application for the same to the department, which application must be accompanied with proof of death and proof of relationship showing the parties to be eligible for compensation under […]
RCW 7.68.064 Application for change in compensation. If change of circumstances warrants an increase or rearrangement of compensation, like application shall be made therefor. Where the application has been granted, compensation and other benefits if in order shall be allowed for periods of time up to sixty days prior to the receipt of such application. […]
RCW 7.68.066 Medical examinations required by department—Medical bureau—Disputes. (1) The department may require that the victim present himself or herself for a special medical examination by a physician or physicians selected by the department, and the department may require that the victim present himself or herself for a personal interview. The costs of the examination […]
RCW 7.68.070 Benefits—Right to and amount—Limitations. The eligibility for benefits under this chapter and the amount thereof will be governed insofar as is applicable by the provisions contained in this chapter. (1) Each victim injured as a result of a criminal act, including criminal acts committed between July 1, 1981, and January 1, 1983, or […]
RCW 7.68.071 Determination of permanent total disability. (1) Benefits for permanent total disability shall be determined under the director’s supervision, only after the injured victim’s condition becomes fixed. (2) All determinations of permanent total disabilities shall be made by the department. The victim may make a request or the inquiry may be initiated by the […]
RCW 7.68.072 Aggravation, diminution, or termination of disability. (1) If aggravation, diminution, or termination of disability takes place, the director may, upon the application of the beneficiary, made within seven years from the date the first closing order becomes final, or at any time upon his or her own motion, readjust the rate of compensation […]
RCW 7.68.073 Reduction in disability compensation—Recovery of overpayments—Notice—Waiver—Application—Adjustments due to federal reductions. (1) For persons receiving compensation for temporary total disability pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, such compensation shall be reduced by an amount equal to the benefits payable under the federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance act as now or hereafter amended […]
