Compensaciones para víctimas de delitos en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Si alguien sufre un daño por un crimen, puede recibir dinero para ayudar con gastos médicos y otros costos. Esto incluye sesiones de terapia, pérdidas de dinero y hasta gastos de entierro si es necesario.

Es como cuando te lastimas jugando fútbol y necesitas ir al médico y a terapia. La ley ayuda a que no tengas que pagar todo eso de tu propio bolsillo.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Ana fue víctima de un robo violento y sufrió lesiones. Gracias a esta ley, ella puede solicitar dinero para cubrir sus facturas médicas y sesiones de terapia. Además, si pierde su trabajo por dos semanas por el estrés, también puede recibir ayuda económica por ese tiempo.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

SECTION 16-3-1180. Amount of award; apportionment among multiple claimants; rejection of application for award. (A) An award may be made for: (1) reasonable and customary charges as periodically determined by the board for medical services, including mental health counseling, required and rendered as a direct result of the injury on which the claim is based, as long as these services are rendered by a licensed professional. Payment for mental health counseling is limited to the number of sessions during a one hundred eighty-day period beginning on the date of the first counseling session or twenty sessions, whichever is greater. Upon recommendation of the director, the board may allow victims who max out the current benefit of twenty mental health counseling sessions to request up to an additional twenty sessions for a total of forty sessions; (2) reasonable and customary charges as periodically determined by the board for other services required and rendered as a direct result of the injury upon which the claim is based, as long as the service is rendered by a professional or paraprofessional who holds a license, certificate, or other documentary evidence of specific training and qualification in a field of service which, by regulation, the board recognizes as a service required by and beneficial to crime victims; (3) loss of earning or support, provided that: (a) claimant is deprived of that income for at least two consecutive weeks; (b) the loss is not reimbursable; (c) the amount may not exceed the maximum rate provided in Section 42-1-50; (d) conditions (a), (b), and (c) may be waived in severe hardship cases; (4) reasonable and customary charges for employment-oriented retraining or rehabilitative services incurred as a direct result of the injury; and (5) burial