The commission may order the payment of compensation under this part for:

(1) Expenses actually and reasonably incurred during the period of the injury or death of the victim;
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Terms Used In Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-33

  • Child: means an unmarried person who is under eighteen years of age and includes a stepchild or an adopted child. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-2
  • Commission: means the crime victim compensation commission established by this chapter. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-2
  • Crime: means those under § 351-32, and shall include an act of terrorism occurring outside the United States as defined in title 18 United States Code § 2331, against a resident of this State. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-2
  • Injury: means actual bodily harm and, in respect of a victim, includes pregnancy and mental or nervous shock; and "injured" has a corresponding meaning. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-2
  • Mass casualty incident: means an incident with multiple victims killed during a continuous course of criminal conduct. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-2
  • Victim: means :

    (1) A person who is injured or killed by any act or omission of any other person coming within the criminal jurisdiction of the State;

    (2) Any resident of the State who is injured or killed in another state by an act or omission of another person, which act or omission is within the description of any of the crimes specified in § 351-32; or

    (3) A person who is a resident of this State who is injured or killed by an act of terrorism occurring outside the United States, as defined in title 18 United States Code § 2331. See Hawaii Revised Statutes 351-2

(2) Loss to the victim of earning power as a result of total or partial incapacity;
(3) Pecuniary loss to the dependents of the deceased victim;
(4) Pain and suffering to the victim;
(5) Any other pecuniary loss directly resulting from the injury or death of the victim that the commission determines to be reasonable and proper;
(6) Expenses actually and reasonably incurred for mental health services in the case of a mass casualty incident;
(7) Expenses actually and reasonably incurred for mental health services to or for the benefit of the surviving relatives in the case of a deceased victim; and
(8) Expenses actually and reasonably incurred for mental health services for a child witness in the case of a crime of abuse of family or household member.

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