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Crime Compensation Benefit Increases Jan. 16, 2008 |
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Increases in benefits as of January 16, 2008
The funeral burial benefit will increase to $6000 - $5000 to provider and $1000 to a claimant for other funeral-related expenses. (All claims regardless of when the crime occurred will be paid at the new rate effective January 16)
The mental health cap for adult victims will increase from $2500 to $5000.
The mental health cap for minor witnesses will increase from $2500 to $$5000. The mental health cap for forcible felony (no physical injury) will increase from $2500 to $5000.
Grief counseling for surviving parents, step-parents, or adult siblings will increase from $2500 to $5000
Note: Victims who have reached the previous $2500 cap will be eligible to receive an additional $2500 for crime related mental health expenses.
PLUS: The revised Sexual Battery Forensic Exam Claim Form (Form is currently being printed and will be ready for distribution within the next week - hopefully)
Nancy Corden
Victim Program Specialist
Office of the Attorney General
3507 E. Frontage Road, Suite 200
Tampa, FL 33607
(813) 287-7148
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