{ "jurisdiction": "AR", "name": "Arkansas", "program": { "program_name": "Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations Program", "agency": "Arkansas Department of Public Safety, Crime Victims Reparations Board", "website": "https://www.dps.arkansas.gov/crime-info-support/crime-victims-reparations-board/", "apply_url": "https://crimevictims.dps.arkansas.gov/Forms/CVApplication", "application_pdf_url": "https://media.ark.org/dps/CVRB-Application_10-6-2023.pdf", "phone": "501-682-1020", "phone_source_id": "AR-S1", "statute_citation": "A.C.A. 16-90-701 to 16-90-720; forensic exams A.C.A. 12-12-401 to 12-12-404; rules 16 CAR Part 60", "application_form": { "source_id": "AR-S8", "fillable": false, "field_count": 0 } }, "sources": [ { "id": "AR-S1", "title": "Arkansas DPS, Crime Victims Reparations Board home page", "url": "https://www.dps.arkansas.gov/crime-info-support/crime-victims-reparations-board/", "kind": "agency_page", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:51:17Z", "raw_path": 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"title": "Arkansas DPS, About CVRB page", "url": "https://dps.arkansas.gov/crime-info-support/crime-victims-reparations-board/about-cvrb/", "kind": "agency_page", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:51:27Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S4.html", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S4.txt", "sha256": "40b7a0ae85238c7827388881d7ebf32cd0bb8413fc73924a4bea3bc50ce59183" }, { "id": "AR-S5", "title": "Arkansas DPS, CVRB Documents and Forms page", "url": "https://dps.arkansas.gov/crime-info-support/crime-victims-reparations-board/documents-forms/", "kind": "agency_page", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:51:28Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S5.html", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S5.txt", "sha256": "317b7bdef26a716eb8b0c0d54781f2c5b30e1f01a42e8be7a5390937c759f6f9" }, { "id": "AR-S6", "title": "Arkansas DPS, CVRB Statutes compilation PDF (current through 2023 Regular Session)", "url": "https://media.ark.org/dps/CVRB-Statutes_2026.pdf", "kind": "statute", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:51:34Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S6.pdf", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S6.txt", "sha256": "08065c04cbe12f8837d415f6641c402a43ffe1ec96bfd58ce4f88d5f30e43a47" }, { "id": "AR-S7", "title": "Arkansas DPS, CVRB Board Rules PDF (January 2026), 16 CAR Part 60", "url": "https://media.ark.org/dps/ACVRB-Rules-_1-6-26.pdf", "kind": "regulation", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:51:35Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S7.pdf", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S7.txt", "sha256": "78f204fe148e34e9ce1e9f822a83ee411af2c4daa2663872f3131cdf57f3473b" }, { "id": "AR-S8", "title": "Arkansas CVRB, Application for Crime Victim Compensation (10-6-2023)", "url": "https://media.ark.org/dps/CVRB-Application_10-6-2023.pdf", "kind": "application_form", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:51:35Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S8.pdf", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S8.txt", "sha256": "59152a9466cad329f24e30308cce9fc0aaa09707f02f8227cc4f288ec4690107" }, { "id": "AR-S9", "title": "A.C.A. 16-90-712 (2025), Conditions for reparations", "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-712/", "kind": "statute", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:51:58Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S9.html", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S9.txt", "sha256": "61b599c304013512680995997d2925eb1ac341a2375991fa95528c6d569d1cf9" }, { "id": "AR-S10", "title": "A.C.A. 16-90-716 (2025), Limitation on reparations", "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-716/", "kind": "statute", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:52:01Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S10.html", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S10.txt", "sha256": "2c8aa1cc9abb1cbfc168984cf99330dfb9cc1f55319032f48fca8813e55cb0ae" }, { "id": "AR-S11", "title": "A.C.A. 16-90-703 (2025), Definitions", "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-703/", "kind": "statute", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:52:05Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S11.html", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S11.txt", "sha256": "a6eac40f4c97912b41c33217b758b49ae8d4daed873da4ffbfcab0805c799e26" }, { "id": "AR-S12", "title": "A.C.A. 12-12-403 (2025), Sexual assault examinations and treatment, payment", "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-12/subtitle-2/chapter-12/subchapter-4/section-12-12-403/", "kind": "statute", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:52:08Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S12.html", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S12.txt", "sha256": "0d384a81855f0f434a93d9b28537912448f43e5d89fd7b8e79e82f2ada2c6dfb" }, { "id": "AR-S13", "title": "Code of Arkansas Rules, 16 CAR Part 60, Crime Victims Reparations Board Rules (Bureau of Legislative Research, 03/22/2026)", "url": "https://webftp.blr.arkansas.gov/Home/FTPDocument?path=CAR%2FParts%2F16CARpt60.pdf", "kind": "regulation", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:52:09Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S13.pdf", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S13.txt", "sha256": "0a9a775407f803b46add94bce655e443f86899263e4c72a8b7c87f0afdea4186" }, { "id": "AR-S14", "title": "Act 666 of 2025 (SB 430), amending A.C.A. 16-90-712(a)(1)", "url": "https://arkleg.state.ar.us/Acts/FTPDocument?path=%2FACTS%2F2025R%2FPublic%2F&file=666.pdf&ddBienniumSession=2025%2F2025R", "kind": "statute", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:53:08Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S14.pdf", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S14.txt", "sha256": "39bffbd7743210b538a57fd1a497d3ca7a40f5c3ef613d7989c1ce61251b290b" }, { "id": "AR-S15", "title": "Arkansas.gov state portal, Crime Victims Reparations Board agency page", "url": "https://portal.arkansas.gov/state_agencies/department-of-public-safety/crime-victims-reparations-board/", "kind": "agency_page", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:40:39Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S15.html", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S15.txt", "sha256": "b1fde4d8e89e8c8a224fa7d5157d8e17c9a68ff706cdd4981e87e2f5004d6021" }, { "id": "AR-S16", "title": "Arkansas DFA Office of Driver Services, Address Confidentiality Program page", "url": "https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/office/driver-services/address-confidentiality-program/", "kind": "agency_page", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:59:21Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S16.html", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S16.txt", "sha256": "f7ff5c9f73fda9423b884dae690abc21c0458200db38e7d53124167ae35a8ede" }, { "id": "AR-S17", "title": "A.C.A. 27-16-811 (2025), Exception to disclosing residence address, Address confidentiality program", "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-27/subtitle-2/chapter-16/subchapter-8/section-27-16-811/", "kind": "statute", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:59:25Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S17.html", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S17.txt", "sha256": "61378b551a49db3fadca867fc1766ae5daea625be4b3cf4e228c62b3e4cc0267" }, { "id": "AR-S18", "title": "Arkansas DFA Office of Driver Services, Address Confidentiality Program (ACP) Affidavit (Rev. 10/2021)", "url": "https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/ACP_Affidavit-2.pdf", "kind": "application_form", "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:59:35Z", "raw_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S18.pdf", "text_path": "rules/sources/AR/AR-S18.txt", "sha256": "e0b3f3a5ca66f1e0f75c88a9a8e55fc25c22f33b61bfcb95f640e783a72b56ee" } ], "rules": [ { "id": "AR-EXAM-1", "category": "exam_no_bill", "expense": "forensic_exam", "params": { "insurance_billing": "unspecified" }, "summary": "Survivors are exempt from paying for a sexual assault medical-legal exam received within 96 hours of the attack. The 96-hour limit can be waived for a minor or when the board finds good cause.", "quote": "(A) All victims shall be exempted from the payment of expenses incurred as a result of receiving a medical-legal examination if the victim receives the medical-legal examination within ninety-six (96) hours of the attack. (B) However, the time limitation of ninety-six (96) hours may be waived if the victim is a minor or if the Crime Victims Reparations Board finds that good cause exists for the failure to provide the medical-legal examination within the required time.", "source_id": "AR-S12", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 12-12-403(b)(1)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-12/subtitle-2/chapter-12/subchapter-4/section-12-12-403/#:~:text=%28A%29%20All%20victims%20shall%20be,examination%20within%20the%20required%20time." }, { "id": "AR-EXAM-2", "category": "exam_no_bill", "expense": "forensic_exam", "params": { "insurance_billing": "unspecified" }, "summary": "After the board pays, the exam provider may not send any remaining balance to the survivor.", "quote": "The licensed healthcare provider shall not submit any remaining balance after reimbursement by the board to the victim.", "source_id": "AR-S12", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 12-12-403(c)(2)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-12/subtitle-2/chapter-12/subchapter-4/section-12-12-403/#:~:text=The%20licensed%20healthcare%20provider%20shall,the%20board%20to%20the%20victim." }, { "id": "AR-EXAM-3", "category": "exam_payment", "expense": "forensic_exam", "params": { "payer": "Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations Board (Sexual Assault Reimbursement Program)" }, "summary": "The exam provider bills the Crime Victims Reparations Board directly, through the Sexual Assault Reimbursement Program, using a sexual assault reimbursement form.", "quote": "A licensed healthcare provider that performs a medical-legal examination shall submit a sexual assault reimbursement form, an itemized statement that meets the requirements of 45 C. F. R. § 164.512(d), as it existed on January 2, 2001, directly to the board for payment.", "source_id": "AR-S12", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 12-12-403(c)(1)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-12/subtitle-2/chapter-12/subchapter-4/section-12-12-403/#:~:text=A%20licensed%20healthcare%20provider%20that,to%20the%20board%20for%20payment." }, { "id": "AR-EXAM-4", "category": "reporting_requirement", "expense": "forensic_exam", "params": { "required": false }, "summary": "A survivor does not have to report to police or cooperate with law enforcement to get a forensic exam or have its charges reimbursed.", "quote": "This subsection does not require a victim of sexual assault to participate in the criminal justice system or to cooperate with law enforcement in order to be provided with a forensic medical exam or reimbursement for charges incurred on account of a forensic medical exam, or both.", "source_id": "AR-S12", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 12-12-403(b)(2)(A)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-12/subtitle-2/chapter-12/subchapter-4/section-12-12-403/#:~:text=This%20subsection%20does%20not%20require,forensic%20medical%20exam%2C%20or%20both." }, { "id": "AR-EXAM-5", "category": "collateral_source", "expense": "forensic_exam", "params": {}, "summary": "Exam bills are denied or reduced to the extent the cost can be recovered from a collateral source, which the rules define to include insurance, Medicaid, and Medicare.", "quote": "Medical-legal examination bills will be denied or diminished to the extent that the expenses can be recuperated from a collateral source.", "source_id": "AR-S13", "pinpoint": "16 CAR 60-303" }, { "id": "AR-EXAM-6", "category": "exam_payment", "expense": "forensic_exam", "params": { "payer": "Arkansas Crime Victims Reparations Board, paid directly to the medical provider" }, "summary": "The board may pay a medical provider directly for a sexual assault testing kit even if the survivor never files an application, and those costs include testing for sexually transmitted diseases.", "quote": "The board may directly reimburse a medical care provider for costs associated with a sexual assault testing kit, even in the absence of a victim's application. (3) Such costs, which include those associated with testing for sexually transmitted diseases, may be reimbursed regardless of which fund or cost center is used to make the reimbursement.", "source_id": "AR-S13", "pinpoint": "16 CAR 60-206(c)(2)-(3)" }, { "id": "AR-EXAM-7", "category": "exam_payment", "expense": "forensic_exam", "params": { "payer": "Sexual Assault Reimbursement Program (Crime Victims Reparations Board)" }, "summary": "The Sexual Assault Reimbursement Program pays for evidence collection after a sexual assault, including ambulance services and medical or legal exams, so the survivor does not bear the expense.", "quote": "the Sexual Assault Reimbursement Program allows evidence to be collected after a sexual assault has been committed without the victim bearing the burden of the expense, and it pays for ambulance services and medical or legal examinations.", "source_id": "AR-S4", "pinpoint": "About CVRB page", "fragment_url": "https://dps.arkansas.gov/crime-info-support/crime-victims-reparations-board/about-cvrb/#:~:text=the%20Sexual%20Assault%20Reimbursement%20Program,and%20medical%20or%20legal%20examinations." }, { "id": "AR-CAP-1", "category": "total_cap", "params": { "amount_cents": 1000000 }, "summary": "The most the program pays for one victim, across all claimants, is $10,000.", "quote": "Reparations payable to a victim and to all other claimants sustaining economic loss because of injury to or death of that victim may not exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000).", "source_id": "AR-S10", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-716(a)(1)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-716/#:~:text=Reparations%20payable%20to%20a%20victim,exceed%20ten%20thousand%20dollars%20%28%2410%2C000%29." }, { "id": "AR-CAP-2", "category": "total_cap", "params": { "amount_cents": 2500000 }, "summary": "For catastrophic injuries that cause total and permanent disability, the maximum rises to $25,000.", "quote": "However, for those victims whose injuries are catastrophic and result in a total and permanent disability, the maximum reparations amount shall not exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000).", "source_id": "AR-S10", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-716(a)(2)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-716/#:~:text=However%2C%20for%20those%20victims%20whose,exceed%20twenty%2Dfive%20thousand%20dollars%20%28%2425%2C000%29." }, { "id": "AR-CAP-3", "category": "expense_cap", "expense": "counseling", "params": { "expense": "counseling", "amount_cents": 250000, "per": "claim" }, "summary": "Mental health counseling not covered by insurance is paid up to $2,500 or six months, whichever comes first, if a treatment plan is sent within 30 days. The board's rules let it waive this maximum for a documented special need.", "quote": "the Crime Victims Reparations Board will pay a maximum of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or provide for six (6) months, whichever occurs first, provided the treatment plan is submitted within thirty (30) days of:", "source_id": "AR-S13", "pinpoint": "16 CAR 60-211(a)(1)" }, { "id": "AR-CAP-4", "category": "expense_cap", "expense": "medical", "params": { "expense": "medical", "amount_cents": 1000000, "per": "claim" }, "summary": "For medical bills not covered by insurance, the board pays up to 65% of the bills, with total reimbursement capped at $10,000.", "quote": "the Crime Victims Reparations Board will award up to sixty-five percent (65%) of medical bills, not to exceed a total reimbursement of ten thousand dollars ($10,000).", "source_id": "AR-S13", "pinpoint": "16 CAR 60-210(a)(1)" }, { "id": "AR-CAP-5", "category": "expense_cap", "expense": "funeral", "params": { "expense": "funeral", "amount_cents": 750000, "per": "claim" }, "summary": "Funeral expenses are capped at $7,500.", "quote": "Compensation for funeral expenses of deceased victims may not exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars ($7,500).", "source_id": "AR-S13", "pinpoint": "16 CAR 60-205(b)(1)" }, { "id": "AR-EMER-1", "category": "emergency_award", "params": { "amount_cents": 50000 }, "summary": "An advance (emergency) award is available when compensation is probable and undue hardship would result; it is capped at $500 and deducted from the final award.", "quote": "The amount of such advance (emergency) award shall not exceed five hundred dollars ($500).", "source_id": "AR-S13", "pinpoint": "16 CAR 60-207(b)(1)" }, { "id": "AR-DEAD-1", "category": "filing_deadline", "params": { "years": 5, "from": "crime", "extension": "good cause found by the board" }, "summary": "A claim must be filed within 5 years after the injury, unless the board finds good cause for filing late.", "quote": "Unless the claim has been filed with the Crime Victims Reparations Board within five (5) years after the injury or death upon which the claim is based, except: (A) When the board finds good cause for the failure to file a timely claim", "source_id": "AR-S9", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-712(a)(1)(A), as amended by Act 666 of 2025", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-712/#:~:text=Unless%20the%20claim%20has%20been,to%20file%20a%20timely%20claim" }, { "id": "AR-DEAD-2", "category": "filing_deadline", "params": { "years": 5, "from": "age_18" }, "summary": "If the victim is a minor, the claim may be filed within 5 years after the victim turns 18.", "quote": "If the victim is a minor, the claim is filed within five (5) years after the date the victim reaches eighteen (18) years of age", "source_id": "AR-S9", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-712(a)(1)(B), as amended by Act 666 of 2025", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-712/#:~:text=If%20the%20victim%20is%20a,eighteen%20%2818%29%20years%20of%20age" }, { "id": "AR-REPORT-1", "category": "reporting_requirement", "params": { "required": true }, "summary": "The crime must be reported to the proper authorities within 72 hours, unless the board finds good cause for the delay. No separate alternative for sexual assault survivors appears in the statute or rules.", "quote": "Unless the criminally injurious conduct resulting in injury or death was reported to the proper authorities within seventy-two (72) hours after its occurrence, or the board finds there was good cause for the failure to report within that time", "source_id": "AR-S9", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-712(a)(6)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-712/#:~:text=Unless%20the%20criminally%20injurious%20conduct,to%20report%20within%20that%20time" }, { "id": "AR-REPORT-2", "category": "reporting_requirement", "params": { "required": true }, "summary": "Under the board's rules, good cause for missing the police report window includes the victim's age, physical incapacity, mental incompetence, or an injury that was not reasonably discoverable. The DPS criteria page says minors are excluded from the report window.", "quote": "Good cause shall include, but not be limited to, the: (A) Physical incapacity of a victim; (B) Mental incompetence of a victim; (C) Age of the victim; and (D) Injury was not reasonably discoverable.", "source_id": "AR-S13", "pinpoint": "16 CAR 60-203(c)(2)" }, { "id": "AR-COLL-1", "category": "collateral_source", "params": {}, "summary": "Awards are reduced by any amount recovered from collateral sources such as insurance, Medicaid, Medicare, workers' compensation, or the offender.", "quote": "Reparations otherwise payable to a claimant shall be diminished to the extent: (1) That the economic loss is recouped from collateral sources", "source_id": "AR-S9", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-712(b)(1)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-712/#:~:text=Reparations%20otherwise%20payable%20to%20a,is%20recouped%20from%20collateral%20sources" }, { "id": "AR-COND-1", "category": "conduct_reduction", "params": {}, "summary": "An award can be reduced by the share of responsibility for the injury the board attributes to the victim.", "quote": "Of the degree of responsibility for the cause of the injury or death attributable to the victim, as determined by the board.", "source_id": "AR-S9", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-712(b)(2)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-712/#:~:text=Of%20the%20degree%20of%20responsibility,as%20determined%20by%20the%20board." }, { "id": "AR-ELIG-1", "category": "eligible_crime", "params": {}, "summary": "Personal injury includes bodily harm, pregnancy, or mental anguish caused by a violent criminal act, which covers injury from a sexual assault committed in Arkansas.", "quote": "“Personal injury” means actual bodily harm, including pregnancy or mental anguish which is the direct result of a violent criminal act", "source_id": "AR-S11", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-703(10)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-703/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CPersonal%20injury%E2%80%9D%20means%20actual%20bodily,of%20a%20violent%20criminal%20act" }, { "id": "AR-ELIG-2", "category": "eligible_crime", "params": {}, "summary": "Victims of sexual assault are named in the statute: an immediate family member of a sexual assault victim also counts as a victim.", "quote": "Is an immediate family member of a deceased victim, a victim of sexual assault, or a child victim", "source_id": "AR-S11", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-703(11)(B)(ii)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-703/#:~:text=Is%20an%20immediate%20family%20member,assault%2C%20or%20a%20child%20victim" }, { "id": "AR-RES-1", "category": "residency", "params": { "rule": "Crimes committed in Arkansas regardless of residency; Arkansas residents injured in a state with no program they are eligible for." }, "summary": "Covers anyone injured by a crime in Arkansas, plus Arkansas residents hurt in a state with no compensation program they qualify for.", "quote": "“Victim” means a person who suffers personal injury or death as a result of criminally injurious conduct committed either within the State of Arkansas or against any Arkansas resident who suffers personal injury as the result of criminally injurious conduct which occurs in states presently not having crime victims reparations programs for which the victim is eligible", "source_id": "AR-S11", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-703(11)(A)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-703/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CVictim%E2%80%9D%20means%20a%20person%20who,which%20the%20victim%20is%20eligible" }, { "id": "AR-COV-1", "category": "covered_expense", "expense": "medical", "params": { "expense": "medical" }, "summary": "Medical care is an allowable expense.", "quote": "“Allowable expense” means charges incurred for needed products, services, and accommodations, including, but not limited to: (i) Medical care;", "source_id": "AR-S11", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-703(1)(A)(i)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-703/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CAllowable%20expense%E2%80%9D%20means%20charges%20incurred,limited%20to%3A%20%28i%29%20Medical%20care%3B" }, { "id": "AR-COV-2", "category": "covered_expense", "expense": "counseling", "params": { "expense": "counseling" }, "summary": "Mental health expenses caused by the crime are compensable.", "quote": "Mental health expenses incurred as a result of the criminally injurious conduct of another.", "source_id": "AR-S13", "pinpoint": "16 CAR 60-202(2)(A)" }, { "id": "AR-COV-3", "category": "covered_expense", "expense": "lost_wages", "params": { "expense": "lost_wages" }, "summary": "Lost income (work loss) is part of compensable economic loss. The board's rules and the application require proof that the victim was employed.", "quote": "“Work loss” means loss of income from work the victim or claimant would have performed if the victim had not been injured or died", "source_id": "AR-S11", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-703(12)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-703/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWork%20loss%E2%80%9D%20means%20loss%20of,not%20been%20injured%20or%20died" }, { "id": "AR-COV-4", "category": "covered_expense", "expense": "security", "params": { "expense": "security" }, "summary": "The application lists buying and installing locks and windows after a sexual assault in the victim's home as an expense that may be eligible.", "quote": "Purchase and installation of locks and windows following a sexual assault or act of domestic abuse occurring within the victim's primary residence.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application for Crime Victim Compensation, Section H" }, { "id": "AR-COV-5", "category": "covered_expense", "expense": "transportation", "params": { "expense": "transportation" }, "summary": "The application lists travel and lodging for a criminal justice proceeding related to the crime as an expense that may be eligible.", "quote": "Travel and lodging resulting from a criminal justice proceeding related to the victimization.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application for Crime Victim Compensation, Section H" }, { "id": "AR-COV-6", "category": "covered_expense", "expense": "childcare", "params": { "expense": "childcare" }, "summary": "The application lets a victim request replacement service loss, such as child care or convalescent care.", "quote": "Replacement Service Loss (child care, convalescent care, etc.)", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application for Crime Victim Compensation, Section C" }, { "id": "AR-COV-7", "category": "covered_expense", "expense": "prescription", "params": { "expense": "prescription" }, "summary": "The application asks for medical expenses including hospital and doctor charges, counseling, ambulance fees, and prescription medication costs.", "quote": "List all medical expenses incurred as a result of crime related injuries, including hospital and doctor charges, counseling expenses, ambulance fees, and prescription medication costs.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application for Crime Victim Compensation, Section C" }, { "id": "AR-COV-8", "category": "covered_expense", "expense": "dental", "params": { "expense": "dental" }, "summary": "Dental care is one of the treatment types a victim can request on the application.", "quote": "Dental Care", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application for Crime Victim Compensation, Section C" }, { "id": "AR-EXCL-1", "category": "excluded_expense", "params": { "item": "property crimes; pain and suffering" }, "summary": "The program says it does not cover property crimes or pain and suffering. No source lists replacing stolen or damaged personal property as covered.", "quote": "This program does not cover property crimes nor pain and suffering.", "source_id": "AR-S1", "pinpoint": "CVRB home page", "fragment_url": "https://www.dps.arkansas.gov/crime-info-support/crime-victims-reparations-board/#:~:text=This%20program%20does%20not%20cover,crimes%20nor%20pain%20and%20suffering." }, { "id": "AR-EXCL-2", "category": "excluded_expense", "params": { "item": "noneconomic detriment (pain, suffering, inconvenience, physical impairment, nonpecuniary damage)" }, "summary": "Compensable economic loss does not include noneconomic detriment such as pain, suffering, or inconvenience.", "quote": "“Economic loss” means monetary detriment consisting of allowable expense and work loss, but shall not include noneconomic detriment", "source_id": "AR-S11", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-703(7)", "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/arkansas/title-16/subtitle-6/chapter-90/subchapter-7/section-16-90-703/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CEconomic%20loss%E2%80%9D%20means%20monetary%20detriment,shall%20not%20include%20noneconomic%20detriment" }, { "id": "AR-EXCL-3", "category": "excluded_expense", "expense": "property_replacement", "params": { "expense": "property_replacement" }, "summary": "In its crime scene cleanup section, the application says cleaning is different from replacing property, and property replacement is prohibited.", "quote": "Property replacement is prohibited.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application for Crime Victim Compensation, Section G" }, { "id": "AR-SUBMIT-1", "category": "submission", "params": { "method": "online", "target": "https://crimevictims.dps.arkansas.gov/Forms/CVApplication" }, "summary": "The program offers an online application, which its Documents and Forms page marks as the preferred way to apply.", "quote": "We offer an ONLINE APPLICATION process for Victim Compensation! Access the Online Application", "source_id": "AR-S1", "pinpoint": "CVRB home page, Crime Victim Compensation Application", "fragment_url": "https://www.dps.arkansas.gov/crime-info-support/crime-victims-reparations-board/#:~:text=We%20offer%20an%20ONLINE%20APPLICATION,Compensation%21%20Access%20the%20Online%20Application" }, { "id": "AR-SUBMIT-2", "category": "submission", "params": { "method": "mail", "target": "322 South Main Street, Suite 615 Little Rock, AR 72201", "note": "The page says to submit the application to the reparations office and lists this as the office address; it does not say mail in so many words. The 2023 paper application and the Arkansas.gov portal page list 1 State Police Plaza Drive, Little Rock, AR 72209 instead. Call 501-682-1020 to confirm the address before mailing." }, "summary": "A paper application can be sent to the Crime Victims Reparations office, listed on the DPS site at 322 South Main Street, Suite 615, Little Rock, AR 72201.", "quote": "Victims may apply for compensation by submitting an application to the Arkansas Crime Victim's Reparations office. Applications are available from the Arkansas Crime Victim's Reparations office or from one of Arkansas's 28 elected prosecutors. These programs are funded by fees collected from criminal offenders and a federal grant through the Victims of Crime Act, administered by the U.S. Department of Justice. Contact CVRB 322 South Main Street, Suite 615 Little Rock, AR 72201", "source_id": "AR-S4", "pinpoint": "About CVRB page, applying and Contact CVRB", "fragment_url": "https://dps.arkansas.gov/crime-info-support/crime-victims-reparations-board/about-cvrb/#:~:text=Victims%20may%20apply%20for%20compensation,615%20Little%20Rock%2C%20AR%2072201" }, { "id": "AR-DOC-1", "category": "required_document", "params": { "document": "police_report", "note": "Copy of the law enforcement incident report. 16 CAR 60-206(b)(2) also accepts other official documentation from the agency the crime was reported to." }, "summary": "Attach a copy of the law enforcement agency's incident report to the application.", "quote": "NOTE: You must attach a copy of the law-enforcement agency's incident report to this application.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application, Section B, Crime Information" }, { "id": "AR-DOC-2", "category": "required_document", "expense": "medical", "params": { "document": "itemized_bill", "note": "Itemized medical, dental, and counseling bills or other statements verifying expenses; the claim is not processed without them." }, "summary": "When asking for medical or counseling costs, attach copies of all itemized medical and counseling bills or other statements verifying the expenses.", "quote": "NOTE: In addition to completing this section, you must attach copies of all itemized medical bills, mental health counseling bills, or other statements verifying expenses.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application, Section C, Request for Medical Treatment/Mental-Health Counseling" }, { "id": "AR-DOC-3", "category": "required_document", "expense": "lost_wages", "params": { "document": "wage_verification", "note": "Most recent pay stub; self-employed applicants send tax returns from the last three years." }, "summary": "For lost wages, attach your most recent pay stub, or if self-employed, your tax returns from the last three years.", "quote": "Attach a copy of your most recent pay stub from your employer. If you are self-employed, you must furnish copies of your tax returns from the last three (3) years so lost wages can be most accurately determined.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application, Section D, Request for Lost Wages" }, { "id": "AR-DOC-4", "category": "required_document", "expense": "lost_wages", "params": { "document": "medical_records", "note": "Name and address of the physician who can verify the disability period, or a copy of a recent disability statement." }, "summary": "For lost wages, give the name and address of the physician who can verify your time off, or attach a recent disability statement.", "quote": "You must also provide the complete name and address of the physician who can verify your disability period, or you may attach a copy of a recent disability statement.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application, Section D, Request for Lost Wages" }, { "id": "AR-DOC-5", "category": "required_document", "expense": "funeral", "params": { "document": "other", "note": "Funeral bill and death certificate, only when requesting funeral or burial expenses for a deceased victim." }, "summary": "For funeral or burial expenses, include a copy of the funeral bill and the death certificate.", "quote": "NOTE: You must submit a copy of the funeral bill and the death certificate with this application.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application, Section E, Request for Funeral/Burial Expenses" }, { "id": "AR-DOC-6", "category": "required_document", "params": { "document": "other", "note": "Loss of support only: the deceased victim's last three years of tax returns, Social Security benefit verification, and proof of guardianship for a minor dependent." }, "summary": "For loss of support after a victim's death, include the victim's last three years of tax returns, Social Security benefit verification, and proof of guardianship for a minor dependent.", "quote": "NOTE: You must attach copies of the deceased victim's last three (3) years' tax returns. You must also provide verification regarding the denial or receipt of any benefits from the Social Security Administration. You must be the legal guardian of a minor dependent to request loss of support on their behalf and must provide verification of guardianship.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application, Section F, Request for Loss of Support" }, { "id": "AR-DOC-7", "category": "required_document", "expense": "crime_scene_cleanup", "params": { "document": "receipts", "note": "Crime scene cleanup only, which the application limits to survivors or dependents of homicide victims." }, "summary": "For crime scene cleanup, attach receipts or other supporting documentation.", "quote": "Receipts or supporting documentation must be attached to this application.", "source_id": "AR-S8", "pinpoint": "Application, Section G, Request for Assistance with Crime Scene Clean Up" }, { "id": "AR-ACP-1", "category": "address_confidentiality", "params": { "program_name": "Address Confidentiality Program", "agency": "Arkansas Department of Finance and Administration, Office of Driver Services", "covers_sexual_assault": false, "enroll": "Presents a valid order of protection issued under the Domestic Abuse Act of 1991, § 9-15-101 et seq. (2) Completes this ACP affidavit; and (3) Agrees to the terms of participation in the ACP.", "note": "Driver's license and ID card only, not a general substitute address for government records or mail. Eligibility is limited to victims of domestic violence and their dependents; sexual abuse counts only when caused by a family or household member or a dating partner (A.C.A. 27-16-811(a)(1)(C)), and the affidavit also lists a valid order of protection." }, "summary": "Arkansas's Address Confidentiality Program, run by the DFA Office of Driver Services, is free and puts a post office box on the driver's license or ID card instead of the home address. It is limited to domestic violence victims and their dependents, so most sexual assault survivors do not qualify unless the abuser was a family or household member or dating partner.", "quote": "The Address Confidentiality Program is a free program administered by the Office of Driver Services. Participants in tis program will be issued a driver’s license or identification card that displays a post office box in lieu of a residential address.", "source_id": "AR-S16", "pinpoint": "DFA Address Confidentiality Program page, Program Description", "fragment_url": "https://www.dfa.arkansas.gov/office/driver-services/address-confidentiality-program/#:~:text=The%20Address%20Confidentiality%20Program%20is,lieu%20of%20a%20residential%20address." }, { "id": "AR-RECCONF-1", "category": "record_confidentiality", "params": {}, "summary": "Medical treatment documents a claimant submits with a reparations application are confidential by statute, and so are law enforcement investigative reports if another law makes them confidential. The statute does not make the whole claim file or the applicant's identity confidential.", "quote": "When submitted to the Crime Victims Reparations Board as part of an application, the following information shall be confidential: (1) Documents submitted by a claimant which relate to medical treatment; and (2) Law enforcement investigative reports, if confidential under any other law.", "source_id": "AR-S6", "pinpoint": "A.C.A. 16-90-711" } ], "coverage": { "found": [ "exam_no_bill", "exam_payment", "total_cap", "expense_cap", "covered_expense", "excluded_expense", "filing_deadline", "reporting_requirement", "collateral_source", "conduct_reduction", "emergency_award", "eligible_crime", "residency", "submission", "required_document", "address_confidentiality", "record_confidentiality" ], "not_found": [ "minimum_loss", "expense_cap:lost_wages", "expense_cap:relocation", "expense_cap:transportation", "expense_cap:security", "covered_expense:relocation", "reporting_requirement:alternatives", "exam_no_bill:insurance_billing", "processing_time", "address_confidentiality:general_substitute_address", "address_confidentiality:sexual_assault" ], "notes": "No minimum loss appears in A.C.A. 16-90-701 to 16-90-720 or 16 CAR Part 60 (the $500 figures in 16-90-719 belong to a property-repair labor program, not a minimum loss). No per-expense cap was found for lost wages, transportation, or security, and relocation is not mentioned as covered or excluded. For compensation, the 72-hour police report rule has only a good-cause exception (16 CAR 60-203(c)(2) lists physical incapacity, mental incompetence, age, and an injury not reasonably discoverable); no sexual-assault-specific alternative such as an exam or advocate report was found. The exam statute does not say whether the survivor's insurance may be billed; 16 CAR 60-303 reduces exam payments by collateral sources, recorded as AR-EXAM-5, so insurance_billing is left 'unspecified'. Crime scene cleanup is an allowable expense in 16-90-703(1)(A)(iv), but the application (Section G) limits it to survivors or dependents of homicide victims, so it is not recorded as covered for sexual assault survivors. No official source states how long a decision or payment takes; 16 CAR 60-206(h)(2) only says the claimant is mailed notice within fifteen calendar days after the staff decision, so no processing_time rule is recorded. Arkansas has no general address confidentiality program with a substitute mailing address (the AZ SOS national ACP list calls Arkansas 'Confidentiality ONLY'); the only program is the DFA driver's license Address Confidentiality Program under A.C.A. 27-16-811, limited to domestic violence victims and dependents, recorded as AR-ACP-1 with covers_sexual_assault false. Record confidentiality under A.C.A. 16-90-711 covers only medical treatment documents and law enforcement reports already confidential under other law, not the full claim file." }, "confidence": "medium", "researcher_notes": "Filing deadline conflict: Act 666 of 2025 (SB 430, approved 4/16/25, saved as AR-S14) changed A.C.A. 16-90-712(a)(1) from one year to five years, plus five years after age 18 for minors. The statute wins, so the rules record five years. The board's rules (16 CAR 60-203(d)(1), both the DPS January 2026 copy AR-S7 and the BLR 03/22/2026 copy AR-S13), the DPS criteria page (AR-S3), and the DPS statute compilation (AR-S6, current only through 2023) still say one year. Act 666 has no emergency clause, and I did not verify its effective date or whether it reaches older crimes, so the app should tell survivors past one year to still apply and ask the program. Statute text for 16-90-703, 712, 716 and 12-12-403 is from Justia's 2025 Arkansas Code (Act 666 itself is from the legislature's site); it matches the DPS compilation except for the 2025 change to 712. Other notes: the cooperation requirement in 16-90-712(c) does not apply to human trafficking victims or minor victims of a sex offense. 16 CAR 60-211(b)(3) lets the board waive the $2,500 counseling maximum for documented special need. 16 CAR 60-210(b)-(c) says a provider that accepts the 65% medical payment agrees not to sue the victim for the balance, and A.C.A. 16-90-720 has the board pay healthcare at the workers' compensation fee schedule. 16 CAR 60-304 sets provider reimbursement maximums for exams (facility fee, SANE nurse fee, labs, colposcope); these are provider limits, not survivor caps, and are not recorded as rules. Exam bills must reach the board within three months of the exam (16 CAR 60-302(b)), a provider obligation. 12-12-402 says no provider may require an adult victim to report in order to get treatment. The application PDF lists the board at 1 State Police Plaza Drive, Little Rock, while the DPS site lists 322 South Main Street, Suite 615; the phone 501-682-1020 is the same on both and on the OVC directory. The DPS pages name the program administrator; no person is named here. Reviewer: an advance (emergency) award must be repaid if the claimant later does not follow through with prosecution or another program requirement (16 CAR 60-207(b)(4)); the rules also require cooperation with law enforcement (60-203(f)), while the statute exempts minor victims of a sex offense from the cooperation rule (16-90-712(c)(2)). The application warns that, until the board decides, the victim/claimant is responsible to service providers for expenses (the exam is the exception under 12-12-403(c)). How to file: the DPS home page offers an online application (AR-S1) and the Documents and Forms page calls it preferred (AR-S5); the online form at crimevictims.dps.arkansas.gov is a JavaScript form whose text could not be saved, so the target URL is taken from the link on AR-S1. The paper application (AR-S8, CVRB-Application_10-6-2023.pdf, the only version linked from the DPS forms page) has no fillable AcroForm fields (0 fields), so it must be printed and filled by hand. No official source states a mailing, fax, or email submission instruction in so many words: AR-S4 says to submit the application to the reparations office and lists 322 South Main Street, Suite 615, Little Rock, AR 72201, while the application header and the Arkansas.gov portal page (AR-S15) list 1 State Police Plaza Drive, Little Rock, AR 72209 and fax 501-682-5313. I recorded mail to the DPS site address (the newer source) and no fax rule; the app should tell survivors to call 501-682-1020 to confirm where to send paper copies. The application also requires the signed Authorization to Release Information and the applicant's signature, and 16 CAR 60-206(b) requires the form be complete and come with an itemized statement and the police report or other official documentation from the reporting agency. Address confidentiality: Arkansas's only Address Confidentiality Program is a driver's license/ID program run by the DFA Office of Driver Services (A.C.A. 27-16-811, AR-S17; program page AR-S16; affidavit AR-S18). It shows a PO box on the license instead of the home address; it does not give a substitute address for other government records or forward mail. It covers victims of domestic violence and their dependents only; the statute's definition of domestic violence includes sexual abuse by a family or household member or dating partner, but not sexual assault by anyone else, so covers_sexual_assault is false. The statute and affidavit list a valid order of protection under the Domestic Abuse Act of 1991, an affidavit, and agreement to program terms; the affidavit must be imaged to the license account, which suggests enrolling at a revenue/driver services office, but no source says so in words. Record confidentiality: A.C.A. 16-90-711 (quoted from the DPS statute compilation AR-S6; same text in AR-S7) makes medical treatment documents and confidential law enforcement reports submitted with an application confidential; no source says the whole claim file or the applicant's identity is exempt from the Arkansas FOIA, and 16 CAR Part 60 has no separate confidentiality rule." }