Permits individuals receiving crime victim’s compensation or industrial insurance to opt to receive payments electronically. (See also SB 5361).   Official Text and Analysis.

Allows the Department of Labor and Industries to issue payments to claimants, under the Crime Victims Compensation Program and the Industrial Insurance Act, using methods other than checks.

Replaces the terms "check" and "warrants" with the broader term "payments" in various statutes governing the Crime Victims Compensation Program and the Industrial Insurance Act. Explicit language is added to the relevant statutes to allow payments to be made by debit card or other electronic means. For the purposes of industrial insurance, the claimant must request in writing to have payments made using a debit card or other electronic means, and use of these payment options is at the discretion of the Department or the self-insured employer.