{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-49.370","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 49.370","heading":"Award requirements -- Expenses allowed -- Amounts.","body":"(1) No award shall be made unless the Crime Victims Compensation Board or board\nmember, as the case may be, finds that:\n(a) Criminally injurious conduct occurred; and\n(b) The criminally injurious conduct resulted in personal physical or\npsychological injury to, or death of, the victim.\n(2) (a) Any award made pursuant to KRS 49.270 to 49.490 shall be in an amount not\nexceeding out -of-pocket expenses, including loss of earnings or support\nresulting from the injury on which the claim is based and indebtedness\nreasonably incurred for medical or other services, including:\n1. For the victim and for any child who is the victim's dependent, when the\ncrime was committed at the primary residence of the victim:\na. Relocation if the victim is moving from one (1) primary res idence\nto another due to concern for the safety of themselves or other\npersons at the residence as a result of a crime within six (6)\nmonths of the crime, not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000).\nThe board may, in its discretion, allow relocation expen ses\nincurred after six (6) months; and\nb. Temporary housing costs incurred within thirty (30) days of the\ncrime, when the victim is unable to stay in the primary residence\ndue to the crime, not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000);\n2. Tattoo removal for victims of human trafficking, not to exce ed four\nthousand dollars ($4,000);\n3. Crime scene cleanup within thirty (30) days of the crime when the crime\nwas committed at the primary residence or business of the victim, not to\nexceed two thousand dollars ($2,000);\n4. Reimbursement for the replacemen t of items owned by the victim and\nfor any child who is the victim's dependent that were seized by law\nenforcement as evidence of the commission of the crime, not to exceed\nfive hundred dollars ($500) per item;\n5. Replacement or repair of windows and locks  at the primary residence or\nbusiness of the victim which were damaged by the commission of the\ncrime, not to exceed one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500);\n6. Rehabilitative or wellness practices recommended by a healthcare\nprovider, engaged in by the victim and any juveniles dependent upon the\nvictim due to the crime, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) per\nyear per person, for a maximum of two (2) years;\n7. Expenses related to court proceedings related to the crime for a victim or\nfor a victim's caregiver;\n8. Mental health counseling, necessary as a result of the injury upon which\nthe claim is based. Mental health counseling:\na. Shall be paid for a maximum of two (2) years, but only after\nproper documentation is submitted to the board stating what\ntreatment is planned and for what period of time; and\nb. Need not be for a consecutive period and may be paused and\nresumed at a later time; and\n9. Replacement of eyeglasses and other corrective lenses stolen, destroyed,\nor damaged during the crime.\n(b) The board may promulgate administrative regulations to establish additional\nguidelines for awards pursuant to this section.\n(3) Any award made for loss of earnings or financial support may be considered for a\nclaimant who has loss of support or wages du e to the crime for which the claim is\nfiled. Unless reduced pursuant to other provisions of KRS 49.270 to 49.490, the\naward shall be equal to net earnings at the time of the criminally injurious conduct;\nhowever, no award under this subsection shall exceed  five hundred dollars ($500)\nfor each week of lost earnings or financial support. The wage earner or source of\nsupport must have been employed or paying support at the time the crime occurred.\nSaid employment or support shall be verified by the staff of th e board after\ninformation is provided by the claimant or victim. Should the claimant or victim fail\nto supply the board with the information requested, the portion of the claim for lost\nwages or support shall be denied. If there are two (2) or more persons  entitled to an\naward as a result of the injury or death of a person which is the direct result of\ncriminally injurious conduct, the award shall be apportioned by the board among\nthe claimants.\n(4) The board is authorized to set a reasonable limit for the payment of funeral and\nburial expenses, which shall include funeral costs, a monument, and grave plot. In\nno event shall an award for funeral expenses exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).\n(5) Any award made under KRS 49.270 to 49.490 shall not exceed fif ty thousand\ndollars ($50,000) in total compensation to be received by or paid on behalf of a\nclaimant from the fund.\n(6) An award shall not be made for any type of property loss or damage, except as\notherwise permitted in KRS 49.270 to 49.490.\n(7) An award  may be made for a claim filed more than ten (10) years after the\ncriminally injurious conduct, due to a delay in the testing of or DNA profile\nmatching from a sexual assault forensic examination kit or biological material\ncollected as evidence related to a sexual offense, in which case the victim may\ncollect a lump sum in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) to cover the\nvictim's out -of-pocket expenses incurred due to the crime which may not be\nprovable due to the delay.","path":["KRS Chapter 49"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=54914","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:49:10Z","sha256":"581abc737c9373e9c6e21f0cdffebc913fdcae500fadb754ba6fb56f3176a92e","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-49.360","next":"us-ky/krs-49.380"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}