Bill Information

An Act amending the act of April 9, 1929 (P.L.177, No.175), known as The Administrative Code of 1929, further providing for crime victims' compensation and for definitions; establishing the Bureau of Victims Services; further providing for the existence and powers and duties of the Crime Victim's Compensation Board, for crime victims' compensation eligibility and claims, for crime victims' compensation awards and subrogation, for crime victims' compensation costs, for law enforcement responsibilities relating to crime victims' compensation, for proceeds from crimes, for responsibilities of service providers and insurers as to crime victims' compensation and for the Basic Bill of Rights for Victims; imposing duties on the Department of Corrections, the Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole and the Department of Public Welfare; and providing for a transfer of the functions of the Crime Victim's Compensation Board to the Bureau of Victims Services.