{
 "jurisdiction": "CA",
 "name": "California",
 "program": {
  "program_name": "California Victim Compensation Program",
  "agency": "California Victim Compensation Board (CalVCB)",
  "website": "https://victims.ca.gov",
  "apply_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/how-compensation-works/",
  "application_pdf_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/uploads/2021/01/victimcompensationapp_eng.pdf",
  "phone": "800-777-9229",
  "phone_source_id": "CA-S12",
  "statute_citation": "Cal. Gov. Code 13950 to 13966; Cal. Code Regs. tit. 2, 649 et seq.; Cal. Penal Code 13823.95",
  "application_form": {
   "source_id": "CA-S17",
   "fillable": true,
   "field_count": 207
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   "id": "CA-S1",
   "title": "Cal. Gov. Code 13953 (filing deadline), via Justia 2025 California Code",
   "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-2/section-13953/",
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   "id": "CA-S2",
   "title": "Cal. Gov. Code 13955 (eligibility), via Justia 2025 California Code",
   "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-3/section-13955/",
   "kind": "statute",
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  {
   "id": "CA-S3",
   "title": "Cal. Gov. Code 13956 (denial grounds, police report, cooperation), via Justia 2025 California Code",
   "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-3/section-13956/",
   "kind": "statute",
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  {
   "id": "CA-S4",
   "title": "Cal. Gov. Code 13957 (scope of compensation, caps), via Justia 2025 California Code",
   "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-4/section-13957/",
   "kind": "statute",
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  {
   "id": "CA-S6",
   "title": "Cal. Gov. Code 13957.7 (bill deadline, peer counseling rate), via Justia 2025 California Code",
   "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-4/section-13957-7/",
   "kind": "statute",
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   "text_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S6.txt",
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   "id": "CA-S7",
   "title": "Cal. Gov. Code 13952.5 (emergency awards), via Justia 2025 California Code",
   "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-2/section-13952-5/",
   "kind": "statute",
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   "id": "CA-S8",
   "title": "Cal. Penal Code 13823.95 (sexual assault medical evidentiary exam costs), via Justia 2025 California Code",
   "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-pen/part-4/title-6/chapter-3/section-13823-95/",
   "kind": "statute",
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   "id": "CA-S10",
   "title": "CalVCB: What Is Covered",
   "url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/what-is-covered/",
   "kind": "agency_page",
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   "id": "CA-S11",
   "title": "CalVCB: Who Is Eligible",
   "url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/who-is-eligible/",
   "kind": "agency_page",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:48:25Z",
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  {
   "id": "CA-S12",
   "title": "CalVCB: How To Get Compensated",
   "url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/how-compensation-works/",
   "kind": "agency_page",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:48:25Z",
   "raw_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S12.html",
   "text_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S12.txt",
   "sha256": "f4e9d017cd142ab3f7154231ede579b86446a28b3b0355e96012d02759ff21db"
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  {
   "id": "CA-S13",
   "title": "CalVCB: Frequently Asked Questions",
   "url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/frequently-asked-questions/",
   "kind": "agency_page",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:48:25Z",
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   "text_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S13.txt",
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  {
   "id": "CA-S14",
   "title": "CalVCB: PDF Forms",
   "url": "https://victims.ca.gov/forms/",
   "kind": "agency_page",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:48:25Z",
   "raw_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S14.html",
   "text_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S14.txt",
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  {
   "id": "CA-S16",
   "title": "CalVCB Benefit Reference Guide (Rev. 05/2025)",
   "url": "https://victims.ca.gov/uploads/2025/05/Benefit-Reference-Guide_ENG.pdf",
   "kind": "agency_pdf",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:49:27Z",
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  {
   "id": "CA-S17",
   "title": "CalVCB Application for Crime Victim Compensation, Form VCGCB-VCP-005 (Rev. 10/2017)",
   "url": "https://victims.ca.gov/uploads/2021/01/victimcompensationapp_eng.pdf",
   "kind": "application_form",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:49:27Z",
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   "text_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S17.txt",
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  {
   "id": "CA-S18",
   "title": "Cal. Code Regs. tit. 2, 649.49 (evidence of a sexual assault qualifying crime), via Cornell LII",
   "url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/2-CCR-649.49",
   "kind": "regulation",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:49:50Z",
   "raw_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S18.html",
   "text_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S18.txt",
   "sha256": "3d064590db65ca06566958179f8ba305b713d3ab21e6a183672265e56f44e765"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-S19",
   "title": "Cal. Gov. Code 6206 (Safe at Home application), via Justia 2025 California Code",
   "url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-1/division-7/chapter-3-1/section-6206/",
   "kind": "statute",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:56:09Z",
   "raw_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S19.html",
   "text_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S19.txt",
   "sha256": "457b2c247ef6d2d4accf62b91ccbd1eafa596d095e1e1038ccce6f24f27d9d1e"
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  {
   "id": "CA-S20",
   "title": "California Secretary of State: Safe at Home",
   "url": "https://www.sos.ca.gov/registries/safe-home",
   "kind": "agency_page",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:56:10Z",
   "raw_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S20.html",
   "text_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S20.txt",
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  },
  {
   "id": "CA-S21",
   "title": "CalVCB: Confidentiality",
   "url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-service-providers/confidentiality/",
   "kind": "agency_page",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:56:24Z",
   "raw_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S21.html",
   "text_path": "rules/sources/CA/CA-S21.txt",
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 "rules": [
  {
   "id": "CA-EXAM-1",
   "category": "exam_no_bill",
   "expense": "forensic_exam",
   "params": {
    "insurance_billing": "unspecified"
   },
   "summary": "The costs of a sexual assault medical evidentiary exam may not be charged to the survivor, directly or indirectly.",
   "quote": "Costs incurred by a qualified health care professional, hospital, clinic, sexual assault forensic examination team, or other emergency medical facility for a medical evidentiary examination of a victim of a sexual assault, as described in the protocol developed pursuant to Section 13823.5, when the examination is performed pursuant to Sections 13823.5 and 13823.7, shall not be charged directly or indirectly to the victim of the assault.",
   "source_id": "CA-S8",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Penal Code 13823.95(a)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-pen/part-4/title-6/chapter-3/section-13823-95/#:~:text=Costs%20incurred%20by%20a%20qualified,the%20victim%20of%20the%20assault."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-EXAM-2",
   "category": "exam_payment",
   "expense": "forensic_exam",
   "params": {
    "payer": "The local law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the offense was committed (treated as a local cost)"
   },
   "summary": "The exam is a local cost, billed to and paid within 60 days by the local law enforcement agency where the offense happened.",
   "quote": "The cost of a medical evidentiary examination performed by a qualified health care professional, hospital, or other emergency medical facility for a victim of a sexual assault shall be treated as a local cost and charged to and reimbursed within 60 days by the local law enforcement agency in whose jurisdiction the alleged offense was committed.",
   "source_id": "CA-S8",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Penal Code 13823.95(c)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-pen/part-4/title-6/chapter-3/section-13823-95/#:~:text=The%20cost%20of%20a%20medical,the%20alleged%20offense%20was%20committed."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-TOTAL-1",
   "category": "total_cap",
   "params": {
    "amount_cents": 7000000
   },
   "summary": "CalVCB can pay a victim at most $70,000 in total.",
   "quote": "The most CalVCB can reimburse a victim for is $70,000.",
   "source_id": "CA-S10",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB, What Is Covered, Limits: Dollar limits",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/what-is-covered/#:~:text=The%20most%20CalVCB%20can%20reimburse%20a%20victim%20for%20is%20%2470%2C000."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-COUNSEL-1",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "expense": "counseling",
   "params": {
    "expense": "counseling",
    "amount_cents": 1000000,
    "per": "claim"
   },
   "summary": "A victim can be reimbursed up to $10,000 for outpatient mental health counseling; the board may approve more in dire or exceptional circumstances.",
   "quote": "The following persons may be reimbursed for the expense of their outpatient mental health counseling in an amount not to exceed ten thousand dollars ($10,000): (i) A victim.",
   "source_id": "CA-S4",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13957(a)(2)(A)(i)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-4/section-13957/#:~:text=The%20following%20persons%20may%20be,dollars%20%28%2410%2C000%29%3A%20%28i%29%20A%20victim."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-COUNSEL-2",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "expense": "counseling",
   "params": {
    "expense": "counseling",
    "amount_cents": 1500,
    "per": "hour"
   },
   "summary": "Peer counseling from a rape crisis center is paid at no more than $15 per hour, and only for in-person counseling for up to 10 weeks plus one series of support group sessions.",
   "quote": "Payments for peer counseling services provided by a rape crisis center may not exceed fifteen dollars ($15) for each hour of services provided. Those services shall be limited to in-person counseling for a period not to exceed 10 weeks plus one series of facilitated support group counseling sessions.",
   "source_id": "CA-S6",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13957.7(d)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-4/section-13957-7/#:~:text=Payments%20for%20peer%20counseling%20services,facilitated%20support%20group%20counseling%20sessions."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-COUNSEL-3",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "expense": "counseling",
   "params": {
    "expense": "counseling",
    "amount_cents": 1000000,
    "per": "claim",
    "count_limit": 60
   },
   "summary": "CalVCB's current Benefit Reference Guide lists mental health treatment for a direct victim as up to 60 sessions and $10,000.",
   "quote": "Up to 60 sessions and $10,000 as detailed below",
   "source_id": "CA-S16",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB Benefit Reference Guide (Rev. 05/2025), Mental Health Treatment"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-RELOC-1",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "expense": "relocation",
   "params": {
    "expense": "relocation",
    "amount_cents": 341800,
    "per": "claim"
   },
   "summary": "Relocation can be paid up to $3,418 when law enforcement finds it necessary for safety or a mental health provider finds it necessary for emotional well-being.",
   "quote": "Authorize a cash payment or reimbursement not to exceed three thousand four hundred and eighteen dollars ($3,418) to a victim for expenses incurred in relocating, if the expenses are determined by law enforcement to be necessary for the personal safety of the victim or by a mental health treatment provider to be necessary for the emotional well-being of the victim.",
   "source_id": "CA-S4",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13957(a)(7)(A)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-4/section-13957/#:~:text=Authorize%20a%20cash%20payment%20or,emotional%20well%2Dbeing%20of%20the%20victim."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-SECURITY-1",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "expense": "security",
   "params": {
    "expense": "security",
    "amount_cents": 100000,
    "per": "claim"
   },
   "summary": "Installing or increasing home security is covered up to $1,000.",
   "quote": "Reimburse the expense of installing or increasing residential security, not to exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000).",
   "source_id": "CA-S4",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13957(a)(5)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-4/section-13957/#:~:text=Reimburse%20the%20expense%20of%20installing,exceed%20one%20thousand%20dollars%20%28%241%2C000%29."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-MEDICAL-1",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "expense": "medical",
   "params": {
    "expense": "medical"
   },
   "summary": "Medical and medical-related expenses from a licensed medical provider are reimbursable, subject to board rate limits.",
   "quote": "Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.2, reimburse the amount of medical or medical-related expenses incurred by the victim for services that were provided by a licensed medical provider",
   "source_id": "CA-S4",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13957(a)(1)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-4/section-13957/#:~:text=Subject%20to%20the%20limitations%20set,by%20a%20licensed%20medical%20provider"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-WAGES-1",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "expense": "lost_wages",
   "params": {
    "expense": "lost_wages"
   },
   "summary": "Lost income caused by the victim's injury can be compensated, subject to the limits in Gov. Code 13957.5.",
   "quote": "Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 13957.5, authorize compensation equal to the loss of income or loss of support, or both, that a victim or derivative victim incurs as a direct result of the victim's or derivative victim's injury or the victim's death.",
   "source_id": "CA-S4",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13957(a)(3)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-4/section-13957/#:~:text=Subject%20to%20the%20limitations%20set,injury%20or%20the%20victim%27s%20death."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-TRANSPORT-1",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "expense": "transportation",
   "params": {
    "expense": "transportation"
   },
   "summary": "Round-trip mileage to medical, dental, or mental health appointments is reimbursable.",
   "quote": "Round trip mileage costs to medical, dental, or mental health appointments",
   "source_id": "CA-S10",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB, What Is Covered, Eligible expenses",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/what-is-covered/#:~:text=Round%20trip%20mileage%20costs%20to,dental%2C%20or%20mental%20health%20appointments"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-EXCL-1",
   "category": "excluded_expense",
   "params": {
    "item": "Personal property losses, except medically necessary items like eyeglasses and hearing aids"
   },
   "summary": "CalVCB does not reimburse personal property losses, except medically necessary items like eyeglasses and hearing aids.",
   "quote": "Personal property losses, except for medically necessary items like eyeglasses and hearing aids",
   "source_id": "CA-S10",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB, What Is Covered, Non-eligible expenses",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/what-is-covered/#:~:text=Personal%20property%20losses%2C%20except%20for,like%20eyeglasses%20and%20hearing%20aids"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-EXCL-2",
   "category": "excluded_expense",
   "params": {
    "item": "Pain and suffering"
   },
   "summary": "CalVCB does not pay compensation for pain and suffering.",
   "quote": "Compensation for pain and suffering",
   "source_id": "CA-S10",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB, What Is Covered, Non-eligible expenses",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/what-is-covered/#:~:text=Compensation%20for%20pain%20and%20suffering"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-EXCL-3",
   "category": "excluded_expense",
   "params": {
    "item": "Bills submitted more than three years after the expense was incurred, unless the victim still owes the debt or already paid it for a timely or approved application"
   },
   "summary": "A bill generally must be submitted within three years of when the expense was incurred, with exceptions when the victim still owes or already paid it.",
   "quote": "No reimbursement may be made for any expense that is submitted more than three years after it is incurred by the victim or derivative victim.",
   "source_id": "CA-S6",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13957.7(a)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-4/section-13957-7/#:~:text=No%20reimbursement%20may%20be%20made,the%20victim%20or%20derivative%20victim."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-DEADLINE-1",
   "category": "filing_deadline",
   "params": {
    "years": 7,
    "from": "crime",
    "extension": "Or seven years after the victim turns 21, or seven years from when the injury was or could have been discovered, whichever is later; the board may extend the period for good cause (Gov. Code 13953(b))."
   },
   "summary": "Apply within 7 years of the crime, 7 years after turning 21, or 7 years from when the injury from the crime was or could have been discovered, whichever is later.",
   "quote": "An application for compensation shall be filed within seven years of the date of the crime, seven years after the victim attains 21 years of age, or seven years of the time the victim or derivative victim knew or in the exercise of ordinary diligence could have discovered that an injury or death had been sustained as a direct result of crime, whichever is later.",
   "source_id": "CA-S1",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13953(a)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-2/section-13953/#:~:text=An%20application%20for%20compensation%20shall,of%20crime%2C%20whichever%20is%20later."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-REPORT-1",
   "category": "reporting_requirement",
   "params": {
    "required": false,
    "alternatives": [
     "forensic_exam",
     "medical_provider",
     "other"
    ]
   },
   "summary": "A sexual assault claim cannot be denied only because no police report was made; medical records, mental health records, or a sexual assault exam can show the crime happened.",
   "quote": "An application for a claim based on a sexual assault shall not be denied solely because a police report was not made by the victim. The board shall adopt guidelines that allow it to consider and approve applications for assistance based on a sexual assault relying upon evidence other than a police report to establish that a sexual assault crime has occurred. Factors evidencing that a sexual assault crime has occurred may include, but are not limited to, medical records documenting injuries consistent with allegations of sexual assault, mental health records, or that the victim received a sexual assault examination.",
   "source_id": "CA-S3",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13956(b)(3)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-3/section-13956/#:~:text=An%20application%20for%20a%20claim,received%20a%20sexual%20assault%20examination."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-REPORT-2",
   "category": "reporting_requirement",
   "params": {
    "required": false,
    "alternatives": [
     "advocate",
     "medical_provider",
     "protective_order"
    ]
   },
   "summary": "Board rules also accept a letter from a sexual assault counselor, licensed therapist, or mental health provider, or a court restraining order, as evidence of a sexual assault.",
   "quote": "A letter or other written statement from a sexual assault counselor, as defined in Section 1035.2 of the Evidence Code, licensed therapist, or mental health provider, stating that the victim is seeking services related to the allegation of sexual assault. (5) A restraining order from a court against the perpetrator of the sexual assault.",
   "source_id": "CA-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Code Regs. tit. 2, 649.49(a)(4)-(5)",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.law.cornell.edu/regulations/california/2-CCR-649.49#:~:text=A%20letter%20or%20other%20written,perpetrator%20of%20the%20sexual%20assault."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-REPORT-3",
   "category": "reporting_requirement",
   "params": {
    "required": false
   },
   "summary": "Delaying a report of a sexual assault is not, by itself, a failure to cooperate with law enforcement.",
   "quote": "Lack of cooperation shall also not be found solely because a victim of sexual assault, domestic violence, or human trafficking delayed reporting the qualifying crime.",
   "source_id": "CA-S3",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13956(b)(1)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-3/section-13956/#:~:text=Lack%20of%20cooperation%20shall%20also,delayed%20reporting%20the%20qualifying%20crime."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-COLLATERAL-1",
   "category": "collateral_source",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "CalVCB pays last, only for expenses not reimbursed by insurance or any other source.",
   "quote": "CalVCB is a payor of last resort. This means CalVCB pays only for expenses that aren't reimbursed by any other source.",
   "source_id": "CA-S10",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB, What Is Covered, Payor of last resort",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/what-is-covered/#:~:text=CalVCB%20is%20a%20payor%20of,reimbursed%20by%20any%20other%20source."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-CONDUCT-1",
   "category": "conduct_reduction",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "An application may be denied in whole or in part based on the applicant's involvement in the events leading to the crime.",
   "quote": "An application may be denied, in whole or in part, if the board finds that denial is appropriate because of the nature of the victim's or other applicant's involvement in the events leading to the crime",
   "source_id": "CA-S3",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13956(a)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-3/section-13956/#:~:text=An%20application%20may%20be%20denied%2C,events%20leading%20to%20the%20crime"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-EMERGENCY-1",
   "category": "emergency_award",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "An emergency award is available when waiting for a final decision would cause substantial hardship.",
   "quote": "An emergency award shall be available to a person eligible for compensation pursuant to this chapter if the board determines that such an award is necessary to avoid or mitigate substantial hardship that may result from delaying compensation until complete and final consideration of an application.",
   "source_id": "CA-S7",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13952.5(a)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-2/section-13952-5/#:~:text=An%20emergency%20award%20shall%20be,final%20consideration%20of%20an%20application."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-CRIME-1",
   "category": "eligible_crime",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "Rape, sexual assault, and sexual battery are listed among the crimes CalVCB covers.",
   "quote": "Rape Robbery Sexual assault Stalking Sexual battery",
   "source_id": "CA-S11",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB, Who Is Eligible, Crimes covered",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/who-is-eligible/#:~:text=Rape%20Robbery%20Sexual%20assault%20Stalking%20Sexual%20battery"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-CRIME-2",
   "category": "eligible_crime",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "For listed sex crimes, including rape under Penal Code 261, emotional injury alone can qualify.",
   "quote": "Emotional injury, where the crime was a violation of any of the following provisions: (A) Section 236.1, 261, former Section 262, 271, 273a, 273d, 285, 286, 287, 288, former Section 288a, Section 288.5, 289, or 653.2",
   "source_id": "CA-S2",
   "pinpoint": "Cal. Gov. Code 13955(f)(3)(A)",
   "fragment_url": "https://law.justia.com/codes/california/code-gov/title-2/division-3/part-4/chapter-5/article-3/section-13955/#:~:text=Emotional%20injury%2C%20where%20the%20crime,Section%20288.5%2C%20289%2C%20or%20653.2"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-RESIDENCY-1",
   "category": "residency",
   "params": {
    "rule": "California residents (wherever the crime happened) and non-residents victimized in California"
   },
   "summary": "Victims must have been California residents at the time of the crime, or non-residents victimized in California.",
   "quote": "A California resident at the time of the crime, or A non-resident victimized in California.",
   "source_id": "CA-S11",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB, Who Is Eligible, Eligibility criteria",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/who-is-eligible/#:~:text=A%20California%20resident%20at%20the,A%20non%2Dresident%20victimized%20in%20California."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-SUBMIT-MAIL",
   "category": "submission",
   "params": {
    "method": "mail",
    "target": "California Victim Compensation Board\nPO Box 3036, Sacramento, CA 95812-3036"
   },
   "summary": "Print, sign, and mail the completed paper application to CalVCB in Sacramento.",
   "quote": "Mail completed application to:\n\nFor more information call:\n\nCalifornia Victim Compensation Board\nPO Box 3036, Sacramento, CA 95812-3036",
   "source_id": "CA-S17",
   "pinpoint": "Form VCGCB-VCP-005 (Rev. 10/2017), page 6, after Section 13a"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-SUBMIT-INPERSON",
   "category": "submission",
   "params": {
    "method": "in_person",
    "target": "your local Victim Witness Assistance Center"
   },
   "summary": "Instead of mailing it, the signed paper application can be delivered to a local Victim Witness Assistance Center.",
   "quote": "or\ndeliver to your local Victim Witness Assistance Center",
   "source_id": "CA-S17",
   "pinpoint": "Form VCGCB-VCP-005 (Rev. 10/2017), page 6, after Section 13a"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-SUBMIT-ONLINE",
   "category": "submission",
   "params": {
    "method": "online",
    "target": "https://online.victims.ca.gov/"
   },
   "summary": "Apply online by creating a CalVCB Online account and starting a new application in English or Spanish.",
   "quote": "To apply online: Create a CalVCB Online account or login Start a new application (in English or Spanish)",
   "source_id": "CA-S12",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB How To Get Compensated, Steps to apply, Step 2",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/how-compensation-works/#:~:text=To%20apply%20online%3A%20Create%20a,application%20%28in%20English%20or%20Spanish%29"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-DOC-BILLS",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "itemized_bill",
    "note": "Copies of crime-related bills, or a list of them, attached to the application."
   },
   "summary": "Attach copies of crime-related bills, or a list of them, to the application.",
   "quote": "Please attach copies, or a list, of any crime-related bills.",
   "source_id": "CA-S17",
   "pinpoint": "Form VCGCB-VCP-005 (Rev. 10/2017), Section 4"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-DOC-INSURANCE",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "insurance_statement",
    "note": "Copies of insurance documentation; Section 9 also asks for insurance details because CalVCB is the payer of last resort."
   },
   "summary": "Attach copies of supporting documents, including crime-related bills and insurance papers. Keep the originals.",
   "quote": "Attach copies of any documentation that supports your application for crime victim compensation, including copies of crimerelated bills, insurance, or anything relating to the crime. Save original documents for your records.",
   "source_id": "CA-S17",
   "pinpoint": "Form VCGCB-VCP-005 (Rev. 10/2017), page 5, closing instructions"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-DOC-POLICE",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "police_report",
    "note": "Include a copy if one exists; CalVCB says it speeds processing. Not reporting is not by itself grounds for denial in a sexual assault claim."
   },
   "summary": "CalVCB says including copies of crime reports, bills, and receipts gets a claim processed faster.",
   "quote": "To get a claim processed faster, applicants should: Complete every section of the application Include copies of crime reports, bills, receipts, and other related documents",
   "source_id": "CA-S12",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB How To Get Compensated, How we review your application",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/how-compensation-works/#:~:text=To%20get%20a%20claim%20processed,receipts%2C%20and%20other%20related%20documents"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-DOC-RECEIPTS",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "receipts",
    "note": "Copies of receipts for crime-related costs."
   },
   "summary": "Include copies of receipts for crime-related costs with the application.",
   "quote": "Include copies of crime reports, bills, receipts, and other related documents",
   "source_id": "CA-S12",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB How To Get Compensated, How we review your application",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/how-compensation-works/#:~:text=Include%20copies%20of%20crime%20reports%2C,receipts%2C%20and%20other%20related%20documents"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-DOC-WAGES",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "wage_verification",
    "note": "For income loss: a tax return, pay stub, or employer statement."
   },
   "summary": "For income loss, CalVCB asks for proof of income such as a tax return, pay stub, or employer statement.",
   "quote": "Proof of income (tax return, pay stub, or statement from an employer).",
   "source_id": "CA-S16",
   "pinpoint": "Benefit Reference Guide (Rev. 05/2025), Income Loss, Examples of What We Need"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-DOC-DISABILITY",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "For income loss: a disability statement from a medical or mental health provider."
   },
   "summary": "For income loss, CalVCB asks for a disability statement from a medical or mental health provider.",
   "quote": "A disability statement from a medical or mental health provider.",
   "source_id": "CA-S16",
   "pinpoint": "Benefit Reference Guide (Rev. 05/2025), Income Loss, Examples of What We Need"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-DOC-MEDICAL",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "medical_records",
    "note": "For medical and dental expenses: the crime report or medical or dental records showing the services were needed."
   },
   "summary": "For medical and dental costs, CalVCB asks for proof from the crime report or medical or dental records that the care was needed.",
   "quote": "Proof from the crime report or medical/dental records that medical/dental services are required.",
   "source_id": "CA-S16",
   "pinpoint": "Benefit Reference Guide (Rev. 05/2025), Medical and Dental Expenses, Examples of What We Need"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-DOC-COUNSEL",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "counseling_statement",
    "note": "For mental health treatment: itemized receipts, plus a Mental Health Billing Intake form from the provider with the first bill."
   },
   "summary": "For counseling, CalVCB asks for itemized receipts and a Mental Health Billing Intake form from the provider with the first bill.",
   "quote": "Itemized receipts for mental health treatment received. Providers may also bill CalVCB directly.\n• A completed Mental Health Billing Intake form from the provider with their first bill.",
   "source_id": "CA-S16",
   "pinpoint": "Benefit Reference Guide (Rev. 05/2025), Mental Health Treatment, Examples of What We Need"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-TIME-1",
   "category": "processing_time",
   "params": {
    "days": 90
   },
   "summary": "CalVCB says applications can take 90 days to process.",
   "quote": "Applications can take 90 days to process.",
   "source_id": "CA-S12",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB How To Get Compensated, Step 3",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-victims/how-compensation-works/#:~:text=Applications%20can%20take%2090%20days%20to%20process."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-TIME-2",
   "category": "processing_time",
   "params": {
    "days": 30,
    "note": "Emergency awards only"
   },
   "summary": "Qualifying emergency awards are generally paid within 30 calendar days of receiving the application.",
   "quote": "Qualifying emergency awards are generally paid within 30 calendar days of receipt of the application.",
   "source_id": "CA-S17",
   "pinpoint": "Form VCGCB-VCP-005 (Rev. 10/2017), Section 4, Emergency Award Request"
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-ACP-1",
   "category": "address_confidentiality",
   "params": {
    "program_name": "Safe at Home",
    "agency": "California Secretary of State",
    "covers_sexual_assault": true,
    "enroll": "An application shall be completed in person at a community-based victims' assistance program or a community-based assistance program that serves victims of elder or dependent adult abuse pursuant to the Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act (Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 15600) of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code). The application process shall include a requirement that the applicant meet with a victims' assistance counselor and receive orientation information about the program."
   },
   "summary": "Safe at Home, run by the California Secretary of State, gives survivors of sexual assault and other listed crimes a substitute mailing address that state, county, and city agencies accept in place of a home address.",
   "quote": "Safe at Home offers a substitute mailing address to receive first class, certified, and registered mail for victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, human trafficking, child abduction, and elder or dependent adult abuse.",
   "source_id": "CA-S20",
   "pinpoint": "Secretary of State, Safe at Home page, 'What is the Safe at Home program?'",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.sos.ca.gov/registries/safe-home#:~:text=Safe%20at%20Home%20offers%20a,elder%20or%20dependent%20adult%20abuse."
  },
  {
   "id": "CA-RECORDS-1",
   "category": "record_confidentiality",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "CalVCB says the information in a claim, including medical information, is strictly confidential and is shared only with the applicant's written permission or when the law requires it.",
   "quote": "The information you share with CalVCB is strictly confidential.",
   "source_id": "CA-S21",
   "pinpoint": "CalVCB Confidentiality page, 'Your claim is confidential'",
   "fragment_url": "https://victims.ca.gov/for-service-providers/confidentiality/#:~:text=The%20information%20you%20share%20with%20CalVCB%20is%20strictly%20confidential."
  }
 ],
 "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",
   "processing_time",
   "address_confidentiality",
   "record_confidentiality"
  ],
  "not_found": [
   "minimum_loss",
   "expense_cap:lost_wages",
   "expense_cap:transportation",
   "expense_cap:medical",
   "emergency_award:amount"
  ],
  "notes": "No minimum dollar loss was found in the statute or on CalVCB pages; Gov. Code 13955(g) only requires that the injury has resulted or may result in pecuniary loss. Lost income has no separate dollar cap in the sources read (it is limited by time, generally five years, in Gov. Code 13957.5 and by the overall total). No mileage rate was found. Medical is paid at board rates (Medicare rate or 75% of billed per the What Is Covered page) rather than a fixed dollar cap. Emergency awards have no fixed dollar amount; Gov. Code 13952.5(g) ties the amount to the immediate needs of the victim, subject to board rates and limits. Whether the survivor's health insurance may be billed for the forensic exam is not addressed in Penal Code 13823.95, so insurance_billing is left unspecified. No California statute was found that makes the whole CalVCB claim file confidential or exempt from the Public Records Act; the record_confidentiality rule rests on CalVCB's own Confidentiality page (CA-S21). Gov. Code 13954 only bars the board and victim centers from disclosing documents that personally identify a minor, and that section was not saved."
 },
 "confidence": "medium",
 "researcher_notes": "Statute text comes from Justia's 2025 California Code because leginfo.legislature.ca.gov renders section text inside form tags that the fetch tool strips; the text was cross-checked by reading the leginfo article pages directly. Gov. Code 13956, 13957, and 13957.5 each have two versions on leginfo: the version quoted here (total award $35,000, raisable to $70,000 with federal funds; relocation $3,418) and an alternate version (AB 160 of 2022 and AB 1187 of 2023) with a $100,000 total, $7,500 relocation, and no dollar cap on victim counseling that only becomes operative July 1, 2024 if General Fund money is appropriated to backfill the Restitution Fund. CalVCB's own pages (What Is Covered, FAQ) and the Benefit Reference Guide Rev. 05/2025 still state $70,000 total, $3,418 relocation, $1,000 home security, and $10,000 / 60 sessions for victim counseling, so the conditional expansion appears not to have taken effect; re-check if CalVCB publishes new limits. The total_cap rule quotes CalVCB because the statute's operative number depends on federal funding. The board may exceed the counseling and relocation caps in dire or exceptional circumstances (13957(a)(2)(C), 13957(a)(7)(E)). Penal Code 13823.95(b)(1) also says a survivor does not have to participate in the criminal justice system to get the exam. Gov. Code 13956(a)(1)(C) says committing a crime does not count as involvement when the injury resulted from rape under Penal Code 261. Gov. Code 13955(b)(1) says eligibility for non-residents victimized in California applies only while the board finds federal funds are available. The paper application listed on the CalVCB forms page is Rev. 10/2017; CalVCB also takes applications online at online.victims.ca.gov. Phone 800-777-9229 matches the OVC state directory. Reviewer: the counseling caps are recorded twice on purpose, once from the statute ($10,000, Gov. Code 13957(a)(2)(A)(i)) and once from the 2025 Benefit Reference Guide, which adds the 60-session limit for a direct victim. Gov. Code 13956(b)(1) still says an application shall be denied if the victim failed to cooperate reasonably with law enforcement, weighed against age, psychological state, and fear of retaliation; not making a police report or delaying one is not by itself grounds for denial in a sexual assault claim. Penal Code 13823.95(a) bars charging the exam to the victim 'directly or indirectly'; whether that bars billing the victim's own health insurance is not stated, so insurance_billing stays unspecified. The CalVCB FAQ says victims of crimes outside California should also file in the state where the crime occurred. How to file: the application PDF linked from the CalVCB forms page (CA-S17, Form VCGCB-VCP-005 Rev. 10/2017) is still the current English version and is fillable with 207 AcroForm fields. It says to mail the signed application to CalVCB, PO Box 3036, Sacramento, CA 95812-3036, or deliver it to a local Victim Witness Assistance Center. The online target URL https://online.victims.ca.gov/ is the link behind 'CalVCB Online' on the How To Get Compensated page (CA-S12); the visible page text names CalVCB Online but does not print the address. CA-S12 also lists fax 866-902-8669, email info@victims.ca.gov, and the same PO Box for sending bills after approval; those are for bills, not the application, so they are not recorded as submission rules. Several required_document rules come from the Benefit Reference Guide's 'Examples of What We Need' lists, which are per-expense (income loss, medical, counseling); CalVCB does not ask for a photo ID in the sources read. Processing: 'Applications can take 90 days to process' (CA-S12); qualifying emergency awards are generally paid within 30 calendar days (CA-S17). Privacy: California's address confidentiality program is Safe at Home, run by the Secretary of State (Gov. Code 6205 et seq.). The enroll text is copied from Gov. Code 6206(a) (CA-S19): applications are completed in person at a community-based victims' assistance program, with a victims' assistance counselor; 6206(a)(1)(A) lists sexual assault among the qualifying grounds. The SOS page (CA-S20) gives toll-free 877-322-5227 and SafeAtHome@sos.ca.gov, and says participants can also register as confidential voters. CalVCB's Confidentiality page (CA-S21) says claim information, including medical information, is shared only with written permission or when the law requires it, and that the signed release lets CalVCB share information with government agencies and medical, dental, mental health, and funeral providers to decide eligibility; it is an agency statement, not a statute."
}