Official Text and Analysis.

Requires payments to medical and health care providers under the Crime Victim Compensation Program (CVCP) to be no less than payments to providers for comparable services under the Workers' Compensation Program, except in specific circumstances where there is insufficient funds.

Specifies a victim may access lost wage benefits from the Crime Victims' Compensation Program if he or she was gainfully employed for a total of at least twelve weeks in the six months preceding the date of the criminal act (rather than specifying that a victim may not access lost wage benefits if not gainfully employed at the time of the criminal act or for a total of twelve weeks in the preceding six months). Changes the limit for downward adjustments to the levels of payments to CVCP treatment providers authorized when an unforeseen catastrophic event results in insufficient funds from 75 percent to 70 percent of payments for comparable services under the Workers' Compensation Program.