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Panel OKs expansion allowing more victims to seek state reparations
Summary
A House committee gave HB206 a due pass to add simple assault, simple battery, criminal contact and robbery with a deadly weapon to the Crimes Victims Reparation Act, aiming to close eligibility gaps and ease access to compensation for medical care, counseling and lost income.
Representative Chavis Henry introduced House Bill 206 to expand the list of offenses eligible for compensation under New Mexico’s Crime Victims Reparation Act, saying the change would make it easier for more victims to access medical care, counseling and lost-income support.
Frank Zubia, director of the Crime Victims Reparation Commission, testified the commission funds 192 victim-services projects statewide and has…
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