49.310 Eligibility for awards pursuant to KRS 49.270 to 49.490

(1) Except as provided in subsections (2) and (3) of this section, the following persons shall be eligible for awards pursuant to KRS 49.270 to 49.490: (a) A victim of criminally injurious conduct; (b) A surviving spouse, parent, or child of a victim of criminally injurious conduct who died as a direct result of such conduct; (c) Any other person dependent for his principal support upon a victim of criminally injurious conduct who died as a direct result of such crime; and (d) Any person who is legally responsible for the medical expenses or funeral expenses of a victim

(2) No victim or dependent shall be denied compensation solely because he is a relative of the offender or was living with the offender as a family or household member at the time of the injury or death. However, the commission may award compensation to a victim or dependent who is a relative, family, or household member of the offender only if the commission can reasonably determine the offender will not receive significant economic benefit or unjust enrichment from the compensation

(3) No compensation of any kind shall be awarded when injury occurred while the victim was confined in any state, county, urban-county, or city jail, prison, or other correctional facility, or any state institution maintained and operated by the Cabinet for Health and Family Services

Effective:June 29, 2017 History: Repealed, reenacted, renumbered, and amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 74, sec. 31, effective June 29, 2017. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 612, effective June 20, 2005. -- Amended 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 426, sec. 567, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 409, sec. 3, effective July 13, 1990. -- Amended 1986 Ky. Acts ch. 299, sec. 3, effective July 15, 1986. -- Created 1976 Ky. Acts ch. 263, sec. 5

Formerly codified as KRS 346.050