{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-142.13","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-142.13","heading":"Payment of award - Exemption from process - Assignment","body":"- Counseling expenses.\n\nA. The Crime Victims Compensation Board may compensate for work\n\nloss, replacement services loss, dependent’s economic loss and\n\ndependent’s replacement service loss. Compensation for a caregiver\n\nwho has out-of-pocket wage loss as a result of caring for the victim\n\nwho was injured as a result of criminally injurious conduct may not\n\nexceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00).\n\nB. Compensation payable to a victim and to all other claimants\n\nsustaining economic loss because of injury to or death of that\n\nvictim may not exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00) in\n\nthe aggregate. The Board may, after approval of an initial award of\n\nTwenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00), grant an additional sum\n\nnot to exceed Twenty-five Thousand Dollars ($25,000.00),\n\nspecifically for loss of wages for the victim or loss of support for\n\ndependents of a deceased victim, provided there is verifiable\n\neconomic loss after deducting payments from other sources. In no\n\nevent shall compensation payable to a victim and to all other\n\nclaimants sustaining economic loss because of injury to or death of\n\nthat victim exceed Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) in the\n\naggregate.\n\nC. The Board may provide for the payment to a claimant in a\n\nlump sum or in installments. At the request of the claimant, the\n\nBoard may convert future economic loss, other than allowable\n\nexpense, to a lump sum.\n\nD. An award payable in a lump sum or installments for loss of\n\nsupport for a dependent of the deceased victim may be computed\n\nthrough a formula which calculates the net loss of support for\n\ndependents based upon an estimated date of retirement or an\n\nestimated date of adulthood for dependent children, beginning with\n\nthe date of death of the victim and ending with the least of one of\n\nthe following time periods for each dependent filing loss of\n\nsupport:\n\n1. The amount of time from the date of death of the victim to\n\nthe date the victim would have been expected to reach sixty-two (62)\n\nyears of age;\n\n2. The amount of time from the date of death of the victim to\n\nthe date the spouse of the victim is expected to reach sixty-two\n\n(62) years of age; or\n\n3. The amount of time from the date of death of the victim to\n\nthe date a dependent child is expected to reach eighteen (18) years\n\nof age or twenty-three (23) years of age if the dependent child is\n\nenrolled as a full-time student. An award payable in installments\n\nfor future loss of support may be modified by the Board in the event\n\na dependent child receiving loss of support is between the ages of\n\neighteen (18) and twenty-three (23) years of age and is no longer\n\nenrolled as a full-time student, the dependent dies before all\n\ninstallments are paid or the dependent receiving installments moves\n\nand leaves no forwarding address with the Board office.\n\nE. An award shall not be subject to execution, attachment,\n\ngarnishment or other process, except for child support and except\n\nthat an award for allowable expense shall not be exempt from a claim\n\nof a creditor to the extent that such creditor has provided\n\nproducts, services or accommodations, the costs of which are\n\nincluded in the award.\n\nF. An assignment by the claimant to any future award under the\n\nprovisions of Section 142.1 et seq. of this title is unenforceable,\n\nexcept:\n\n1. An assignment of any award for work loss to assure payment\n\nof court ordered alimony, maintenance or child support; or\n\n2. An assignment of any award for allowable expense to the\n\nextent that the benefits are for the cost of products, services or\n\naccommodations necessitated by the injury or death on which the\n\nclaim is based and are provided or to be provided by the assignee.\n\nG. The Board may, in its discretion, approve payment of crisis\n\ncounseling, occurring within three (3) years of the crime, in an\n\namount not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) for each\nthe\n\nextent that the benefits are for the cost of products, services or\n\naccommodations necessitated by the injury or death on which the\n\nclaim is based and are provided or to be provided by the assignee.\n\nG. The Board may, in its discretion, approve payment of crisis\n\ncounseling, occurring within three (3) years of the crime, in an\n\namount not to exceed Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00) for each\n\nfamily member of a homicide victim; provided, the counselor is a\n\nqualified mental health care provider. Medical and pharmaceutical\n\ntreatment is not compensable for any family member of a deceased\n\nvictim.\n\nH. Outpatient counseling expenses for a victim of criminally\n\ninjurious conduct may be considered by the Board provided the\n\ncounseling is focused on the crime and the counselor is a qualified\n\nmental health care provider. A total not to exceed Three Thousand\n\nDollars ($3,000.00) may be awarded for individual counseling\n\nsessions for victims of criminally injurious conduct. Sessions\n\nbetween the mental health care provider and nonoffending parents of\n\na victimized child under eighteen (18) years of age may also be\n\nincluded in the award provided the combined total for the counseling\n\nand parental sessions does not exceed Three Thousand Dollars\n\n($3,000.00) and the parental sessions relate to the victimization.\n\nIn extreme cases, the Board may, in its discretion, waive the three-\n\nthousand-dollar limit. Inpatient mental health treatment will be\n\nreviewed on a case-by-case basis and may be compensated, at the\n\ndiscretion of the Board, in an amount not to exceed Twenty Thousand\n\nDollars ($20,000.00).\n\nI. Reasonable funeral, cremation or burial expenses shall not\n\nexceed Seven Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($7,500.00).\n\nJ. Reasonable costs associated with crime scene cleanup shall\n\nnot exceed Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00).\n\nK. Loss of income of a caregiver shall not exceed Three\n\nThousand Dollars ($3,000.00).\n\nL. Reasonable costs for vehicle impound fees are limited to\n\nviolent crimes occurring in a vehicle owned by the victim of the\n\nviolent crime or an eligible claimant, provided such fee is\n\nassociated with the collection and security of crime scene evidence.\n\nReimbursement for vehicle impound fees shall not exceed Seven\n\nHundred Fifty Dollars ($750.00).","path":["OK Code","Title 21"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os21.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"af8493e4d7f9821b0fd94683cd1f1282014b315e44eec5127fd44668be8377bf","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-142.12","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-21-21-142.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}