{
 "jurisdiction": "MI",
 "name": "Michigan",
 "program": {
  "program_name": "Crime Victim Compensation",
  "agency": "Michigan Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Victim Services, Crime Victim Services Commission",
  "website": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation",
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  "phone": "877-251-7373",
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   "field_count": 202
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   "kind": "statute",
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   "id": "MI-S10",
   "title": "MDHHS Crime Victim Compensation: Do I Qualify?",
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   "title": "MDHHS: What Costs May Be Covered for Crime Victims?",
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   "title": "MDHHS Crime Victim Compensation: Applying for Compensation",
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   "title": "MDHHS Crime Victim Compensation: Downloadable Materials",
   "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/downloadable-materials",
   "kind": "agency_page",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:47:53Z",
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   "id": "MI-S15",
   "title": "Crime Victim Compensation Application DCH-0560 (Rev. 1-26), English",
   "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Division-of-Victim-Services/Crime-Victim-Compensation/Applications/Crime-Victim-Compensation-Application---English.pdf?rev=0ba8540cd7e044029ce8276b307f3821&hash=C16A211782AB6F2789FB6CA95ACF0E55",
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   "id": "MI-S16",
   "title": "Crime Victim Compensation Brochure (English)",
   "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Division-of-Victim-Services/Crime-Victim-Compensation/2023-Brochure-and-Poster/English/2023_MDHHS_CrimeVictims_Brochure_85x14_31.pdf?rev=cbb41f4bdfe14241b7e6c2abcb89218b",
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  {
   "id": "MI-S17",
   "title": "MDHHS SAFE Response (sexual assault forensic exam payment)",
   "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/resources-for-professionals/safe",
   "kind": "agency_page",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T18:48:11Z",
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   "text_path": "rules/sources/MI/MI-S17.txt",
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   "id": "MI-S18",
   "title": "Crime Victim Services Compensation Application Checklist (English, Revised 02/2025)",
   "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Division-of-Victim-Services/Crime-Victim-Compensation/Checklists/2025-Application-Checklist_English.pdf?rev=a4c3f38061b14f5c849c3ebf316fb763&hash=9F45102448FF3A9C7D36F8FCE7690354",
   "kind": "agency_pdf",
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  {
   "id": "MI-S19",
   "title": "Crime Victim Services Compensation Application Reference Guide (English, Revised 02/2025)",
   "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/-/media/Project/Websites/mdhhs/Division-of-Victim-Services/Crime-Victim-Compensation/Guides/Application-Reference-Guide_English.pdf?rev=1ab53615e98e4eb5b582a8b15ddf66ee&hash=8846D16768CE5B18B0A7997594B5517E",
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   "text_path": "rules/sources/MI/MI-S19.txt",
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  {
   "id": "MI-S20",
   "title": "Michigan Department of Attorney General: Address Confidentiality Program",
   "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/ag/initiatives/address-confidentiality-program",
   "kind": "agency_page",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:56:14Z",
   "raw_path": "rules/sources/MI/MI-S20.html",
   "text_path": "rules/sources/MI/MI-S20.txt",
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  {
   "id": "MI-S21",
   "title": "Michigan Department of Attorney General: ACP Applicants",
   "url": "https://www.michigan.gov/ag/initiatives/address-confidentiality-program/acp-applicants",
   "kind": "agency_page",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:56:15Z",
   "raw_path": "rules/sources/MI/MI-S21.html",
   "text_path": "rules/sources/MI/MI-S21.txt",
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   "id": "MI-S22",
   "title": "MCL 780.855 (Address Confidentiality Program Act: eligibility; application)",
   "url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-780-855",
   "kind": "statute",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:56:37Z",
   "raw_path": "rules/sources/MI/MI-S22.html",
   "text_path": "rules/sources/MI/MI-S22.txt",
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  },
  {
   "id": "MI-S23",
   "title": "MCL 18.363 (record of proceeding; claimant's file exempt from FOIA; confidentiality)",
   "url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-363",
   "kind": "statute",
   "retrieved_at": "2026-10-03T19:56:44Z",
   "raw_path": "rules/sources/MI/MI-S23.html",
   "text_path": "rules/sources/MI/MI-S23.txt",
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  {
   "id": "MI-EXAM-1",
   "category": "exam_no_bill",
   "expense": "forensic_exam",
   "params": {
    "insurance_billing": "consent_required"
   },
   "summary": "A health care provider may not bill a sexual assault survivor for any part of a forensic exam, including insurance deductibles, co-pays, or a denied insurance claim.",
   "quote": "A health care provider shall not submit a bill for any portion of the costs of a sexual assault medical forensic examination to the victim of the sexual assault, including any insurance deductible or co-pay, denial of claim by an insurer, or any other out-of-pocket expense.",
   "source_id": "MI-S4",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.355a(2)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-355a#:~:text=A%20health%20care%20provider%20shall,or%20any%20other%20out%2Dof%2Dpocket%20expense."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-EXAM-2",
   "category": "exam_no_bill",
   "expense": "forensic_exam",
   "params": {
    "insurance_billing": "consent_required"
   },
   "summary": "The provider must tell the survivor, orally and in writing, that the exam will not be billed to their insurance without their express written consent, and they may decline for privacy or safety reasons.",
   "quote": "Advise the victim, orally and in writing, that a claim shall not be submitted to his or her insurance carrier without his or her express written consent, and that he or she may decline to consent if he or she believes that submitting a claim to the insurance carrier would substantially interfere with his or her personal privacy or safety.",
   "source_id": "MI-S4",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.355a(3)(a)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-355a#:~:text=Advise%20the%20victim%2C%20orally%20and,her%20personal%20privacy%20or%20safety."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-EXAM-3",
   "category": "exam_payment",
   "expense": "forensic_exam",
   "params": {
    "payer": "Crime Victim Services Commission (SAFE Response)"
   },
   "summary": "The Crime Victim Services Commission pays the provider up to $1,200 for a sexual assault forensic exam.",
   "quote": "The commission shall pay a health care provider not more than $1,200.00 for the cost of performing a sexual assault medical forensic examination",
   "source_id": "MI-S4",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.355a(7)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-355a#:~:text=The%20commission%20shall%20pay%20a,sexual%20assault%20medical%20forensic%20examination"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-EXAM-4",
   "category": "exam_payment",
   "expense": "forensic_exam",
   "params": {
    "payer": "SAFE Response (Crime Victim Services Commission)"
   },
   "summary": "If billing insurance would threaten the survivor's privacy or safety, the provider can bill SAFE Response for the exam instead.",
   "quote": "If a victim believes submitting a claim to their insurance carrier would substantially interfere with his or her personal privacy or safety, the doctor or nurse can bill SAFE Response for the forensic examination.",
   "source_id": "MI-S17",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS SAFE Response page",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/resources-for-professionals/safe#:~:text=If%20a%20victim%20believes%20submitting,Response%20for%20the%20forensic%20examination."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-EXAM-5",
   "category": "exam_payment",
   "expense": "forensic_exam",
   "params": {
    "payer": "Crime Victim Services Commission, or another entity other than the victim, when insurance cannot be billed or does not pay"
   },
   "summary": "If the victim's insurance does not pay or is not available, the provider can seek payment from the commission or another entity, but never from the victim.",
   "quote": "A health care provider may seek payment from 1 or both of the following if reimbursement cannot be obtained from the victim's insurance or insurance is unavailable: (a) The commission under this section. (b) From another entity other than the victim.",
   "source_id": "MI-S4",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.355a(4)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-355a#:~:text=A%20health%20care%20provider%20may,entity%20other%20than%20the%20victim."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-1",
   "category": "total_cap",
   "params": {
    "amount_cents": 4500000
   },
   "summary": "The total award cannot exceed $45,000 per claimant.",
   "quote": "The aggregate award under this act must not exceed $45,000.00 per claimant.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(1)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=The%20aggregate%20award%20under%20this,not%20exceed%20%2445%2C000.00%20per%20claimant."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-2",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "params": {
    "expense": "counseling",
    "amount_cents": 8000,
    "per": "session"
   },
   "summary": "Counseling with a licensed or registered therapist or counselor is reimbursed at up to $80 per hourly session.",
   "quote": "The maximum hourly reimbursement rate must not exceed $80.00 per hourly session for a therapist or counselor licensed or registered to practice in this state",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(6)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=The%20maximum%20hourly%20reimbursement%20rate,to%20practice%20in%20this%20state"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-3",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "params": {
    "expense": "counseling",
    "amount_cents": 12500,
    "per": "session"
   },
   "summary": "Counseling with a licensed psychologist or physician is reimbursed at up to $125 per hourly session.",
   "quote": "except that the maximum hourly reimbursement rate must not exceed $125.00 per hourly session for a psychologist or physician licensed to practice in this state.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(6)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=except%20that%20the%20maximum%20hourly,to%20practice%20in%20this%20state."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-4",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "params": {
    "expense": "counseling",
    "amount_cents": 8000,
    "per": "session",
    "count_limit": 35
   },
   "summary": "Counseling is limited to 35 sessions per person plus up to 20 family sessions, at $80 per hour for a therapist or counselor and $125 per hour for a psychologist or physician.",
   "quote": "35 sessions, 20 family sessions $80/hour for a therapist/counselor $125/hour for a psychologist/physician",
   "source_id": "MI-S11",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS award limits table, Psychological Counseling",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/what-costs-may-be-covered-for-crime-victims#:~:text=35%20sessions%2C%2020%20family%20sessions,therapist%2Fcounselor%20%24125%2Fhour%20for%20a%20psychologist%2Fphysician"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-5",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "params": {
    "expense": "lost_wages",
    "amount_cents": 100000,
    "per": "week"
   },
   "summary": "Lost earnings are paid at the actual loss, up to $1,000 for each week.",
   "quote": "An award must not exceed $1,000.00 for each week of lost earnings.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(4)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=An%20award%20must%20not%20exceed,each%20week%20of%20lost%20earnings."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-6",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "params": {
    "expense": "relocation",
    "amount_cents": 380000,
    "per": "claim"
   },
   "summary": "Relocation expenses are capped at $3,800 per claimant.",
   "quote": "An award for expenses under this subdivision may not exceed $3,800.00 per claimant.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(c)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=An%20award%20for%20expenses%20under,not%20exceed%20%243%2C800.00%20per%20claimant."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-7",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "params": {
    "expense": "transportation",
    "amount_cents": 100000,
    "per": "claim"
   },
   "summary": "Transportation for trips of 50 miles or less each way is capped at $1,000 in total per claimant.",
   "quote": "(i) If the expense is for travel of a distance of not more than 50 miles each way from the claimant's residence, $1,000.00.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(e)(i)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=%28i%29%20If%20the%20expense%20is,from%20the%20claimant%27s%20residence%2C%20%241%2C000.00."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-8",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "params": {
    "expense": "transportation",
    "amount_cents": 500000,
    "per": "claim"
   },
   "summary": "Transportation is capped at $5,000 in total per claimant when the trip is at least 50 miles each way to care that is not available within 50 miles of home.",
   "quote": "(ii) If the expense is for travel that meets 1 or more of the following, $5,000.00: (A) If the travel is a distance of not less than 50 miles from the claimant's residence each way and is to and from a health care provider, mental health professional as that term is defined in section 100b of the mental health code, 1974 PA 258, MCL 330.1100b, or health facility or agency that renders a specific treatment or care that is not available within 50 miles of the claimant's residence.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(e)(ii)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=%28ii%29%20If%20the%20expense%20is,miles%20of%20the%20claimant%27s%20residence."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-9",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "params": {
    "expense": "security",
    "amount_cents": 100000,
    "per": "residence"
   },
   "summary": "Residential security (security systems, window or lock repair or replacement, added locks) is covered up to $1,000 per residence.",
   "quote": "(f) Reasonable costs of not more than $1,000.00 per residence for installing, increasing, or replacing residential security, which may include installing a home security device or system; replacing or repairing windows or locks; or increasing the number of locks",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(f)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=%28f%29%20Reasonable%20costs%20of%20not,increasing%20the%20number%20of%20locks"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-10",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "params": {
    "expense": "clothing_bedding",
    "amount_cents": 25000,
    "per": "claim"
   },
   "summary": "Clothing or bedding held as evidence can be replaced up to $250.",
   "quote": "(j) Replacement costs of not more than $250.00 for clothing or bedding of an individual listed in section 4(1)(a), (b), (e), or (f), that is held as evidence of a crime.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(j)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=%28j%29%20Replacement%20costs%20of%20not,as%20evidence%20of%20a%20crime."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CAP-11",
   "category": "expense_cap",
   "params": {
    "expense": "crime_scene_cleanup",
    "amount_cents": 500000,
    "per": "crime_scene"
   },
   "summary": "Crime scene cleanup at a home or vehicle is covered up to $5,000 per crime scene.",
   "quote": "the crime scene cleanup services resulting from a crime for that residence or vehicle after crime scene cleanup is permitted by the investigating law enforcement agency, in an amount not to exceed $5,000.00 per crime scene.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(i)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=the%20crime%20scene%20cleanup%20services,exceed%20%245%2C000.00%20per%20crime%20scene."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COV-1",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "medical"
   },
   "summary": "Unreimbursed medical care for the victim is covered.",
   "quote": "(a) Medical care for the victim or intervenor.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(a)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=%28a%29%20Medical%20care%20for%20the%20victim%20or%20intervenor."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COV-2",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "counseling"
   },
   "summary": "Psychological counseling is covered, subject to the session and rate limits.",
   "quote": "(b) Subject to subsection (6), psychological or grief counseling for an individual listed in section 4(1)(a), (b), (c), (e), (f), or (g).",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(b)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=%28b%29%20Subject%20to%20subsection%20%286%29%2C,%28c%29%2C%20%28e%29%2C%20%28f%29%2C%20or%20%28g%29."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COV-3",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "lost_wages"
   },
   "summary": "Lost wages are covered, including time off work to seek medical care, recover, get counseling, or get help from a victim services organization.",
   "quote": "A claimant may be awarded for loss of earnings under this subsection for lost wages as a result of the crime",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(4)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=A%20claimant%20may%20be%20awarded,a%20result%20of%20the%20crime"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COV-4",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "relocation"
   },
   "summary": "Temporary or permanent relocation is covered when the move protects the survivor's safety or emotional or financial well-being, and generally must happen within 1 year of the crime or of a new threat unless good cause is shown.",
   "quote": "An award for expenses under this subdivision may be made only if the claimant is relocating to protect the claimant's physical safety or emotional or financial well-being as a result of the crime and, unless good cause is shown, is relocating within 1 year of the date the crime occurred, or of the date the claimant is threatened by a change in circumstance or by an indicator of danger.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(c)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=An%20award%20for%20expenses%20under,by%20an%20indicator%20of%20danger."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COV-5",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "temporary_housing"
   },
   "summary": "As part of relocation, temporary lodging is covered for up to 30 days.",
   "quote": "(iii) Costs for temporary lodging for not more than 30 days.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(c)(iii)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=%28iii%29%20Costs%20for%20temporary%20lodging,not%20more%20than%2030%20days."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COV-6",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "relocation"
   },
   "summary": "Relocation can include the first month of rent, a security deposit, and the cost of starting utilities at the new home.",
   "quote": "(i) The first month of rent, a security deposit, and the costs to start utilities in the dwelling unit to which the claimant relocates.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(c)(i)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=%28i%29%20The%20first%20month%20of,to%20which%20the%20claimant%20relocates."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COV-7",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "transportation"
   },
   "summary": "Transportation is covered to reach victim services, medical care, or mental health care.",
   "quote": "(e) Transportation expenses for the purpose of an individual listed in section 4(1)(a), or if the victim or intervenor is deceased, for a person listed in section 4(1)(b), (e), or (f), to access services from a victim services organization, medical care, or mental health care, or to attend the funeral of a victim or intervenor.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(e)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=%28e%29%20Transportation%20expenses%20for%20the,of%20a%20victim%20or%20intervenor."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COV-8",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "childcare"
   },
   "summary": "Replacement services such as child care and homemaking are covered when the survivor cannot do them because of the injury or while attending victim services.",
   "quote": "(d) Replacement services for homemaking tasks, child care, and other services previously performed by an individual listed in section 4(1)(a), (b), (e), or (f), that, because of the victim's injury, or the claimant's attendance at a victim services organization to receive services related to the crime, must temporarily or permanently be performed by another person.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(2)(d)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=%28d%29%20Replacement%20services%20for%20homemaking,be%20performed%20by%20another%20person."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COV-9",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "dental"
   },
   "summary": "Reasonable and necessary medical, dental, optical, and counseling costs are covered.",
   "quote": "Reasonable and necessary medical, dental, optical, counseling, and non-medical remedial treatment.",
   "source_id": "MI-S11",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS What Costs May Be Covered, Costs that May Be Covered",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/what-costs-may-be-covered-for-crime-victims#:~:text=Reasonable%20and%20necessary%20medical%2C%20dental%2C,counseling%2C%20and%20non%2Dmedical%20remedial%20treatment."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COV-10",
   "category": "covered_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "other",
    "item": "eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures, prosthetic or other prescription devices"
   },
   "summary": "Eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures, and other prescription devices are covered if damaged during or needed because of the crime.",
   "quote": "Eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures, prosthetic devices, or other prescription devices, if damaged during or needed because of the crime.",
   "source_id": "MI-S11",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS What Costs May Be Covered, Costs that May Be Covered",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/what-costs-may-be-covered-for-crime-victims#:~:text=Eyeglasses%2C%20hearing%20aids%2C%20dentures%2C%20prosthetic,needed%20because%20of%20the%20crime."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-EXCL-1",
   "category": "excluded_expense",
   "params": {
    "expense": "property_replacement",
    "item": "personal property such as a purse or cell phone"
   },
   "summary": "Damage to or loss of some personal property or a vehicle, such as a purse or cell phone, is not covered.",
   "quote": "Damage, repair or loss to some personal property or vehicle, such as a purse or cell phone.",
   "source_id": "MI-S11",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS What Costs May Be Covered, Costs that are NOT Covered",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/what-costs-may-be-covered-for-crime-victims#:~:text=Damage%2C%20repair%20or%20loss%20to,a%20purse%20or%20cell%20phone."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-EXCL-2",
   "category": "excluded_expense",
   "params": {
    "item": "pain, suffering, or emotional distress damages"
   },
   "summary": "Pain, suffering, or emotional distress damages are not covered.",
   "quote": "Pain, suffering, or emotional distress damages.",
   "source_id": "MI-S11",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS What Costs May Be Covered, Costs that are NOT Covered",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/what-costs-may-be-covered-for-crime-victims#:~:text=Pain%2C%20suffering%2C%20or%20emotional%20distress%20damages."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-EXCL-3",
   "category": "excluded_expense",
   "params": {
    "item": "costs of participating in a trial"
   },
   "summary": "Costs of taking part in a trial are not covered.",
   "quote": "Costs of participating in a trial.",
   "source_id": "MI-S11",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS What Costs May Be Covered, Costs that are NOT Covered",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/what-costs-may-be-covered-for-crime-victims#:~:text=Costs%20of%20participating%20in%20a%20trial."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-EXCL-4",
   "category": "excluded_expense",
   "params": {
    "item": "expenses paid by other sources such as insurance"
   },
   "summary": "Expenses already paid by insurance or other sources are not covered.",
   "quote": "Expenses paid by other sources (public or private health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, workers compensation, auto insurance, etc.).",
   "source_id": "MI-S11",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS What Costs May Be Covered, Costs that are NOT Covered",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/what-costs-may-be-covered-for-crime-victims#:~:text=Expenses%20paid%20by%20other%20sources,workers%20compensation%2C%20auto%20insurance%2C%20etc.%29."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-FILE-1",
   "category": "filing_deadline",
   "params": {
    "years": 5,
    "from": "crime",
    "extension": "The commission may extend the deadline for good cause on the claimant's petition (MCL 18.355(3)); for criminal sexual conduct against a minor, police-records-based rules allow filing within 5 years after the crime was reported (MCL 18.355(2)(a))."
   },
   "summary": "A claim must be filed within 5 years after the crime.",
   "quote": "a claim must be filed by the claimant not later than 5 years after the occurrence of the crime upon which the claim is based",
   "source_id": "MI-S3",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.355(2)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-355#:~:text=a%20claim%20must%20be%20filed,which%20the%20claim%20is%20based"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-FILE-2",
   "category": "filing_deadline",
   "params": {
    "years": 5,
    "from": "report"
   },
   "summary": "For criminal sexual conduct (first through third degree) where police records show the victim was under 18, a claim may be filed within 5 years after the crime was reported, if reported before age 28 or later with good cause for the delay.",
   "quote": "a claim based on the crime of criminal sexual conduct in the first, second, or third degree may be filed by a claimant not later than 5 years after the crime was reported: (i) Police records show the victim of the crime was less than 18 years of age at the time of the occurrence and the victim reported the crime before attaining 28 years of age. (ii) Police records show the victim of the crime was less than 18 years of age at the time of the occurrence, the victim reported the crime after attaining 28 years of age, and the claimant shows that there was good cause for the delay in reporting the crime.",
   "source_id": "MI-S3",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.355(2)(a)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-355#:~:text=a%20claim%20based%20on%20the,delay%20in%20reporting%20the%20crime."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-FILE-3",
   "category": "filing_deadline",
   "params": {
    "extension": "good cause"
   },
   "summary": "The commission may extend the filing deadline for good cause if the claimant asks.",
   "quote": "Upon petition by the claimant and for good cause shown, the commission may extend the period in which a claim may be filed under subsection (2).",
   "source_id": "MI-S3",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.355(3)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-355#:~:text=Upon%20petition%20by%20the%20claimant,be%20filed%20under%20subsection%20%282%29."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-REPORT-1",
   "category": "reporting_requirement",
   "params": {
    "required": true,
    "alternatives": [
     "forensic_exam"
    ]
   },
   "summary": "For sexual assault, having a sexual assault forensic exam satisfies the prompt police-reporting and cooperation requirements for compensation.",
   "quote": "For payments authorized under this section or for payments made to victims under section 6, administration to the victim of a sexual assault medical forensic examination satisfies the requirements for prompt law enforcement reporting and victim cooperation under sections 6 and 10.",
   "source_id": "MI-S4",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.355a(10)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-355a#:~:text=For%20payments%20authorized%20under%20this,under%20sections%206%20and%2010."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-REPORT-2",
   "category": "reporting_requirement",
   "params": {
    "required": true
   },
   "summary": "In general, police records must show the crime was reported to the proper authorities.",
   "quote": "(c) Police records show that the crime was reported to the proper authorities.",
   "source_id": "MI-S8",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.360(c)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-360#:~:text=%28c%29%20Police%20records%20show%20that,reported%20to%20the%20proper%20authorities."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-REPORT-3",
   "category": "reporting_requirement",
   "params": {
    "required": true,
    "alternatives": [
     "forensic_exam"
    ]
   },
   "summary": "The program says a sexual assault forensic exam may be used in place of a police report.",
   "quote": "The crime must be reported to law enforcement (waivers may apply). If the crime was a sexual assault, then a sexual assault forensic exam may be used in lieu of reporting to police.",
   "source_id": "MI-S10",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS Do I Qualify?, Eligibility Requirements",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/do-i-qualify#:~:text=The%20crime%20must%20be%20reported,lieu%20of%20reporting%20to%20police."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-MIN-1",
   "category": "minimum_loss",
   "params": {
    "amount_cents": 20000,
    "days_lost": 5,
    "waived_for": [
     "criminal sexual conduct in the first, second, or third degree (discretionary)",
     "claimants retired by reason of age or disability (discretionary)"
    ]
   },
   "summary": "A claim needs at least $200 in out-of-pocket loss or at least 5 days of lost earnings or support; the commission may waive this for victims of criminal sexual conduct in the first, second, or third degree.",
   "quote": "An award must not be made on a claim unless the claimant has incurred an out-of-pocket loss of not less than $200.00, or has lost at least 5 days' earnings or support, but the commission may waive the limitations of this subsection if a claimant is retired by reason of age or disability. If the claimant is a victim of criminal sexual conduct in the first, second, or third degree, the commission may waive the limitations of this subsection.",
   "source_id": "MI-S2",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.354(3)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-354#:~:text=An%20award%20must%20not%20be,the%20limitations%20of%20this%20subsection."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COLL-1",
   "category": "collateral_source",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "Awards are reduced by payments from the offender, insurance, or public funds received for the injury.",
   "quote": "An award must be reduced by the amount of 1 or more of the following payments received or to be received as a result of the injury:",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(7)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=An%20award%20must%20be%20reduced,a%20result%20of%20the%20injury%3A"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COLL-2",
   "category": "collateral_source",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "The program is the payer of last resort, so insurance and other public funds must be used first.",
   "quote": "Please note that Crime Victim Compensation is the payer of last resort. This means that your private insurance or other public funds, if available, must be utilized first in order for you to be eligible for compensation.",
   "source_id": "MI-S12",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS FAQ, What is Crime Victim Compensation?",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=Please%20note%20that%20Crime%20Victim,to%20be%20eligible%20for%20compensation."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-COLL-3",
   "category": "collateral_source",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "Having insurance does not disqualify you; the program can cover copays and deductibles.",
   "quote": "Yes, you may still qualify for Crime Victim Compensation if you have insurance. We can cover copays and deductibles.",
   "source_id": "MI-S12",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS FAQ, Do I qualify if I have insurance?",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=Yes%2C%20you%20may%20still%20qualify,can%20cover%20copays%20and%20deductibles."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CONDUCT-1",
   "category": "conduct_reduction",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "The commission must consider whether the victim's misconduct contributed to the injury and may reduce or reject the award on that basis.",
   "quote": "the commission shall determine whether the victim's misconduct contributed to his or her injury and shall reduce the amount of the award or reject the claim altogether, in accordance with the determination.",
   "source_id": "MI-S6",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.361(8)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-361#:~:text=the%20commission%20shall%20determine%20whether,in%20accordance%20with%20the%20determination."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-CONDUCT-2",
   "category": "conduct_reduction",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "A claim is rejected if the commission finds willful noncooperation with law enforcement or the prosecutor; for sexual assault, a forensic exam satisfies the cooperation requirement (see MI-REPORT-1).",
   "quote": "In the event of determination of willful noncooperation by the victim or other claimant, the commission shall reject the claim.",
   "source_id": "MI-S5",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.356(2)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-356#:~:text=In%20the%20event%20of%20determination,commission%20shall%20reject%20the%20claim."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-EMERG-1",
   "category": "emergency_award",
   "params": {
    "amount_cents": 400000
   },
   "summary": "If an award is likely and waiting would cause undue hardship, the commission may make an emergency award of up to $4,000, which is deducted from the final award.",
   "quote": "The amount of an emergency award under this section must not exceed $4,000.00 and must be deducted from the final award made to the claimant.",
   "source_id": "MI-S7",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.359(2)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-359#:~:text=The%20amount%20of%20an%20emergency,award%20made%20to%20the%20claimant."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-ELIG-1",
   "category": "eligible_crime",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "Sexual assault victims are listed as eligible for crime victim compensation.",
   "quote": "The following individuals may be considered a victim and qualify for crime victim compensation: A person who was physically, emotionally, psychologically, or mentally injured as the direct result of a crime. A sexual assault victim.",
   "source_id": "MI-S10",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS Do I Qualify?, Who is considered a victim?",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/do-i-qualify#:~:text=The%20following%20individuals%20may%20be,crime.%20A%20sexual%20assault%20victim."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-ELIG-2",
   "category": "eligible_crime",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "Personal injury includes bodily harm (including pregnancy) and psychological, mental, or emotional injury from a perceived or actual threat.",
   "quote": "\"Personal injury\" means either of the following injuries: (i) Actual bodily harm, including pregnancy or death. (ii) Psychological, mental, or emotional injury resulting from a reasonably perceived or actual threat of injury or death.",
   "source_id": "MI-S1",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.351(i)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-351#:~:text=%22Personal%20injury%22%20means%20either%20of,threat%20of%20injury%20or%20death."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-RES-1",
   "category": "residency",
   "params": {
    "rule": "Crimes in Michigan are covered regardless of residency or immigration status; a Social Security Number is not required."
   },
   "summary": "You do not need to be a Michigan resident or a legal U.S. resident to apply for a crime that happened in Michigan.",
   "quote": "No. You do not have to be a legal resident of the United States (or a resident of Michigan) in order to qualify for Crime Victim Compensation.",
   "source_id": "MI-S12",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS FAQ, Do I need to be a U.S. citizen or have a Social Security Number in order to qualify?",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=No.%20You%20do%20not%20have,qualify%20for%20Crime%20Victim%20Compensation."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-RES-2",
   "category": "residency",
   "params": {
    "rule": "For a crime in another state, apply to that state's program."
   },
   "summary": "If the crime happened in another state, the survivor generally applies to that state's program.",
   "quote": "However, if the crime occurs in another state, then you must apply for that state’s Crime Victim Compensation program.",
   "source_id": "MI-S12",
   "pinpoint": "MDHHS FAQ, What if the crime occurred on Tribal land or another state?",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/frequently-asked-questions#:~:text=However%2C%20if%20the%20crime%20occurs,state%E2%80%99s%20Crime%20Victim%20Compensation%20program."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-RES-3",
   "category": "residency",
   "params": {
    "rule": "Michigan residents injured in a state without a VOCA-eligible compensation program are covered by Michigan."
   },
   "summary": "A Michigan resident hurt in a state that has no federally funded victim compensation program can apply to Michigan.",
   "quote": "to a resident of this state or that poses a reasonably perceived or actual threat of injury or death to a resident of this state within a state that does not have a victim compensation program eligible for funding from the victims of crime act of 1984",
   "source_id": "MI-S1",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.351(c)(ii)",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-351#:~:text=to%20a%20resident%20of%20this,of%20crime%20act%20of%201984"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-SUBMIT-1",
   "category": "submission",
   "params": {
    "method": "email",
    "target": "MDHHS-MichiganCrimeVictim@Michigan.gov"
   },
   "summary": "Email the completed application to the program; the program asks for electronic submission by email when possible.",
   "quote": "Email completed applications to MDHHS-MichiganCrimeVictim@Michigan.gov or fax them to 517-335-2439.",
   "source_id": "MI-S13",
   "pinpoint": "Applying for Compensation, How do I apply?",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/applying-for-compensation#:~:text=Email%20completed%20applications%20to%20MDHHS%2DMichiganCrimeVictim%40Michigan.gov%20or%20fax%20them%20to%20517%2D335%2D2439."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-SUBMIT-2",
   "category": "submission",
   "params": {
    "method": "fax",
    "target": "517-335-2439"
   },
   "summary": "The completed application can be faxed to the program at 517-335-2439.",
   "quote": "Email completed applications to MDHHS-MichiganCrimeVictim@Michigan.gov or fax them to 517-335-2439.",
   "source_id": "MI-S13",
   "pinpoint": "Applying for Compensation, How do I apply?",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/applying-for-compensation#:~:text=Email%20completed%20applications%20to%20MDHHS%2DMichiganCrimeVictim%40Michigan.gov%20or%20fax%20them%20to%20517%2D335%2D2439."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-SUBMIT-3",
   "category": "submission",
   "params": {
    "method": "mail",
    "target": "Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Division of Victim Services Crime Victim Services Commission Grand Tower, Suite 1113 235 South Grand Avenue, PO Box 30037 Lansing MI 48909"
   },
   "summary": "The application can still be mailed to the Crime Victim Services Commission at PO Box 30037 in Lansing.",
   "quote": "Applications can still be submitted via mail to: Michigan Department of Health and Human Services Division of Victim Services Crime Victim Services Commission Grand Tower, Suite 1113 235 South Grand Avenue, PO Box 30037 Lansing MI 48909",
   "source_id": "MI-S13",
   "pinpoint": "Applying for Compensation, How do I apply?",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/mdhhs/safety-injury-prev/publicsafety/crimevictims/crime-victim-compensation/applying-for-compensation#:~:text=Applications%20can%20still%20be%20submitted,Box%2030037%20Lansing%20MI%2048909"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-1",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "police_report",
    "note": "Only if you have it; a sexual assault forensic exam may be used in lieu of a police report."
   },
   "summary": "Include a copy of the police report if you have one.",
   "quote": "Submit a copy of the police report if you have it.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, For All Applications, item 2"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-2",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Social Security number (if you have one) and date of birth on the application."
   },
   "summary": "Include your Social Security number, if you have one, and your date of birth.",
   "quote": "Please include your Social Security number (if you have one) and date of birth.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, For All Applications, item 1"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-3",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Written explanation of the delay, only if filing more than 5 years after the crime."
   },
   "summary": "If you file more than 5 years after the crime, include a written explanation of why.",
   "quote": "If you are filing more than 5 years after the crime occurred, include a written explanation as to why you didn't apply within 5 years from the date of the crime.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, For All Applications, item 3"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-4",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Letter of Appearance, only if an attorney represents you."
   },
   "summary": "An attorney is not required; if one represents you, the attorney must file a Letter of Appearance with the application.",
   "quote": "If an attorney represents you in this claim, the attorney MUST file a Letter of Appearance with this application.",
   "source_id": "MI-S15",
   "pinpoint": "DCH-0560, Authorizations and Agreements"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-5",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "medical",
   "params": {
    "document": "itemized_bill"
   },
   "summary": "For medical, dental, equipment, remedial treatment, or counseling costs, include itemized copies of all bills.",
   "quote": "Submit itemized copies of all bills, plus copies of any paid receipts.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Medical, Dental, Equipment, Nonmedical Remedial Treatment, and/or Counseling, item 1"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-6",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "medical",
   "params": {
    "document": "receipts"
   },
   "summary": "For medical, dental, equipment, remedial treatment, or counseling costs, include copies of any paid receipts.",
   "quote": "Submit itemized copies of all bills, plus copies of any paid receipts.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Medical, Dental, Equipment, Nonmedical Remedial Treatment, and/or Counseling, item 1"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-7",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "medical",
   "params": {
    "document": "insurance_statement",
    "note": "Explanation of Benefits from insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare, if applicable."
   },
   "summary": "Send bills to insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare first if applicable, then include the Explanation of Benefits showing partial payment or denial.",
   "quote": "All bills should be submitted to your insurance, Medicaid, or Medicare carrier first, if applicable; then, provide copies of the Explanation of Benefits showing partial payment or rejection of coverage.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Medical, Dental, Equipment, Nonmedical Remedial Treatment, and/or Counseling, item 2"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-8",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "prescription",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Copy of the prescription, itemized bill or estimate, and receipt for medication or replacement medical equipment."
   },
   "summary": "For medication or replacement equipment like glasses or dentures, include the prescription, the itemized bill or estimate, and the receipt if already paid.",
   "quote": "If you have injuries that require medication or replacement of medical equipment such as glasses, dentures, etc., send a copy of the prescription, the itemized bill or itemized estimate, and copy of the receipt if you have already paid.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Medical, Dental, Equipment, Nonmedical Remedial Treatment, and/or Counseling, item 3"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-9",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "medical",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Itemized estimate from the provider for a procedure that needs preauthorization."
   },
   "summary": "For a future procedure that needs preauthorization, include an itemized estimate from the provider.",
   "quote": "If you are applying for a procedure that has not taken place yet, and you need a preauthorization, please provide an itemized estimate from the provider for the procedure.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Medical, Dental, Equipment, Nonmedical Remedial Treatment, and/or Counseling, item 4"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-10",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "counseling",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Mental health provider contact information: name, phone, address, email, and fax if available."
   },
   "summary": "For counseling, include your mental health provider's name, phone number, address, email, and fax number if available.",
   "quote": "If you are applying for counseling, provide your mental health provider's contact information, including name, phone number, address, email address, and fax number, if available.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Medical, Dental, Equipment, Nonmedical Remedial Treatment, and/or Counseling, item 6"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-11",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "lost_wages",
   "params": {
    "document": "wage_verification",
    "note": "Pay stubs from just before the injury, if not self-employed."
   },
   "summary": "For lost earnings, if not self-employed, include 2 or 3 pay stubs from just before the injury showing gross pay, net pay, and tax deductions.",
   "quote": "If you are applying for loss of earnings and are NOT self-employed, provide copies of 2 or 3 pay stubs paid just before the date of injury showing gross pay, net pay, and tax deductions.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Loss of Earnings or Support, item 1"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-12",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "lost_wages",
   "params": {
    "document": "wage_verification",
    "note": "Most recent federal and state tax return with Schedule C, if self-employed."
   },
   "summary": "For lost earnings, if self-employed, include your most recent federal and state income tax return with Schedule C.",
   "quote": "If you are applying for loss of earnings and ARE self-employed, provide a copy of the most recent Federal and State Income Tax Return including Schedule C.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Loss of Earnings or Support, item 2"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-13",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "lost_wages",
   "params": {
    "document": "medical_records",
    "note": "Written disability statement from your physician with the specific dates off work."
   },
   "summary": "For lost earnings, include a written statement from your physician verifying the disability and the dates you were off work.",
   "quote": "If you are applying for loss of earnings, submit a written disability statement from your physician verifying your disability and specific dates off work.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Loss of Earnings or Support, item 3"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-14",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "relocation",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Signed lease in the victim's or claimant's name showing the landlord's name, address, and phone."
   },
   "summary": "For relocation, include a signed lease in your name that shows the landlord's name, address, and phone number.",
   "quote": "Submit a signed copy of the lease with the victim's or claimant's name on the lease. The lease must show the name, address, and phone number of the landlord or property owner.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Relocation (Temporary) or Relocation (Permanent), item 1"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-15",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "relocation",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Written utility start-up estimate in the victim's or claimant's name."
   },
   "summary": "For relocation, include a written estimate from the utility provider to start utilities, in your name.",
   "quote": "Submit a written estimate from utility provider(s) to start utilities. Victim's or claimant's name must be on the estimate or invoice.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Relocation (Temporary) or Relocation (Permanent), item 2"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-16",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "relocation",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Written estimate or invoice for moving services in the victim's or claimant's name."
   },
   "summary": "For relocation, include a written estimate or invoice for moving services, in your name.",
   "quote": "Submit a written estimate or invoice for moving services. Victim's or claimant's name must be on the estimate or invoice.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Relocation (Temporary) or Relocation (Permanent), item 3"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-17",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "temporary_housing",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Written lease or agreement for temporary lodging in the victim's or claimant's name."
   },
   "summary": "For temporary lodging, include the written lease or lodging agreement, in your name.",
   "quote": "Submit a written lease or agreement for temporary lodging. Victim's or claimant's name must be on the lease or agreement.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Relocation (Temporary) or Relocation (Permanent), item 4"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-18",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "relocation",
   "params": {
    "document": "receipts",
    "note": "Receipts for any relocation costs already paid."
   },
   "summary": "If you already paid relocation costs, include the receipts.",
   "quote": "If you have made any payments out-of-pocket for your relocation expenses, please submit receipt(s) to verify your payment(s).",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Relocation (Temporary) or Relocation (Permanent), item 5"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-19",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "security",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Landlord's name and contact information, if the residence is a rental."
   },
   "summary": "For residential security at a rental, include the landlord's name and contact information; the landlord's authorization may be requested.",
   "quote": "If your residence is a rental, please provide the landlord's name and contact information.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Residential Security, item 1"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-20",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "security",
   "params": {
    "document": "insurance_statement",
    "note": "Homeowner's or renter's insurance policy coverage, if applicable."
   },
   "summary": "For residential security, include your homeowner's or renter's insurance coverage, if you have it.",
   "quote": "Submit the homeowner's or renter's insurance policy coverage, if applicable.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Residential Security, item 2"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-21",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "security",
   "params": {
    "document": "itemized_bill",
    "note": "Itemized costs, installation fees, and receipts showing payment."
   },
   "summary": "For residential security, include an itemization of costs and installation fees, plus receipts if you paid.",
   "quote": "Submit itemization of costs, installation fees, and receipt(s) showing payment, if applicable.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Residential Security, item 3"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-22",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "clothing_bedding",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Verification of items held as evidence."
   },
   "summary": "For replacement of items held as evidence, such as clothing or bedding, include verification that they were held as evidence.",
   "quote": "Submit verification of items held as evidence in this crime.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Replacement Costs, item 1"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-23",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "clothing_bedding",
   "params": {
    "document": "receipts",
    "note": "Itemized receipts or replacement estimates for items held as evidence."
   },
   "summary": "For items held as evidence, include itemized receipts or estimates for replacing them.",
   "quote": "Submit itemized receipt(s) for the items held as evidence and/or estimate(s) for the replacement of the items held as evidence.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Replacement Costs, item 2"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-24",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "crime_scene_cleanup",
   "params": {
    "document": "itemized_bill",
    "note": "Itemized invoice or estimate for clean-up, plus receipts if paid."
   },
   "summary": "For crime scene clean-up, include an itemized invoice or estimate, and receipts if you paid.",
   "quote": "Submit an itemized invoice or estimate for clean-up. If you made payment, please submit receipt(s) to verify.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Crime Scene Clean-Up, item 1"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-25",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "crime_scene_cleanup",
   "params": {
    "document": "insurance_statement",
    "note": "Homeowner's or renter's insurance determination, if applicable."
   },
   "summary": "For crime scene clean-up, include the homeowner's or renter's insurance determination, if applicable.",
   "quote": "Submit the homeowner's or renter's insurance determination, if applicable.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Crime Scene Clean-Up, item 2"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-26",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "funeral",
   "params": {
    "document": "itemized_bill",
    "note": "Itemized funeral home and/or cemetery bills, plus paid receipts."
   },
   "summary": "For funeral or burial costs, include itemized funeral home or cemetery bills and any paid receipts.",
   "quote": "Submit an itemized copy of the funeral home and/or cemetery bill(s), plus copies of any paid receipts.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Funeral/Burial Benefits, item 1"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-27",
   "category": "required_document",
   "expense": "funeral",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Written statement from anyone else who paid toward the funeral, authorizing reimbursement to you."
   },
   "summary": "If someone else paid toward the funeral and lets you be reimbursed, include their written statement authorizing it.",
   "quote": "If somebody other than you made a payment toward the funeral costs, and they allow you to be reimbursed for their payment, provide a written statement from that person authorizing you to be reimbursed for that payment.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Funeral/Burial Benefits, item 2"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-28",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Loss of support: Social Security Survivor's Benefit Statement."
   },
   "summary": "For loss of support, include the Social Security Survivor's Benefit Statement for you and your dependents.",
   "quote": "If you are applying for loss of support, provide the Social Security Survivor's Benefit Statement for you and/or your dependents.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Loss of Earnings or Support, item 4"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-29",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "other",
    "note": "Loss of support: court order for child support, if applicable."
   },
   "summary": "For loss of support, include the court order for child support, if there is one.",
   "quote": "If you are applying for loss of support, provide a copy of the Court Order for Child Support, if applicable.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Loss of Earnings or Support, item 5"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-DOC-30",
   "category": "required_document",
   "params": {
    "document": "wage_verification",
    "note": "Loss of support: the victim's most recent federal and state tax returns and W-2 forms."
   },
   "summary": "For loss of support, include the victim's most recent federal and state tax returns and W-2 forms.",
   "quote": "If you are applying for loss of support, provide a copy of the victim's most recent Federal and State Income Tax Returns and W-2 forms.",
   "source_id": "MI-S18",
   "pinpoint": "Application Checklist, Loss of Earnings or Support, item 6"
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-ACP-1",
   "category": "address_confidentiality",
   "params": {
    "program_name": "Address Confidentiality Program (ACP)",
    "agency": "Michigan Department of Attorney General",
    "covers_sexual_assault": true,
    "enroll": "To submit an application, you must first contact a victim advocate or application assistant. This application must be completed with the assistant of an Application Assistant or Victim Advocate. Completed application and notarized statement can be submitted by mail or email to the ACP (see the application for details)."
   },
   "summary": "Michigan's Address Confidentiality Program, run by the Department of Attorney General, gives victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, stalking, and human trafficking a designated substitute address to use instead of their real one on public records, plus free mail forwarding. Applicants must be planning to move and must apply with a certified application assistant or victim advocate.",
   "quote": "The Program (ACP) was created to conceal the addresses of victims of stalking, domestic violence, sexual assault, human trafficking, and of individuals at risk of being threatened or physically harmed from being located by their perpetrators through public records. ACP provides victims with a designated (substitute) address that can be used instead of their real address.",
   "source_id": "MI-S21",
   "pinpoint": "ACP Applicants page, program description",
   "fragment_url": "https://www.michigan.gov/ag/initiatives/address-confidentiality-program/acp-applicants#:~:text=The%20Program%20%28ACP%29%20was%20created,instead%20of%20their%20real%20address."
  },
  {
   "id": "MI-RECCONF-1",
   "category": "record_confidentiality",
   "params": {},
   "summary": "A claimant's file and testimony before the Crime Victim Services Commission are exempt from disclosure under Michigan's Freedom of Information Act, and records the commission obtains that other laws keep confidential stay confidential.",
   "quote": "The record of a proceeding before the commission is a public record, except that a claimant's file and his or her testimony before the commission is exempt from disclosure under the freedom of information act",
   "source_id": "MI-S23",
   "pinpoint": "MCL 18.363",
   "fragment_url": "https://legislature.mi.gov/Laws/MCL?objectName=mcl-18-363#:~:text=The%20record%20of%20a%20proceeding,the%20freedom%20of%20information%20act"
  }
 ],
 "coverage": {
  "found": [
   "exam_no_bill",
   "exam_payment",
   "total_cap",
   "expense_cap",
   "covered_expense",
   "excluded_expense",
   "filing_deadline",
   "reporting_requirement",
   "minimum_loss",
   "collateral_source",
   "conduct_reduction",
   "emergency_award",
   "eligible_crime",
   "residency",
   "submission",
   "required_document",
   "address_confidentiality",
   "record_confidentiality"
  ],
  "not_found": [
   "reporting_requirement.within_days",
   "expense_cap.medical (no separate medical cap found; medical is limited only by the $45,000 aggregate)",
   "administrative rules setting caps or rates (none saved)",
   "processing_time"
  ],
  "notes": "No statutory time limit for reporting to police was found in MCL 18.360 or the program pages saved here, so within_days is left out. Michigan administrative rules were not searched or saved; all caps come from MCL 18.361, 18.359, and 18.355a. Counseling has two hourly rates (therapist/counselor vs psychologist/physician), recorded as separate expense_cap rules. No processing time is stated in the saved program pages, application, checklist, or reference guide; the checklist only says timely submission of documents may reduce processing time, so no processing_time rule was added. Address confidentiality: Michigan's ACP (Address Confidentiality Program Act, 2020 PA 301, MCL 780.851 et seq.) is run by the Department of Attorney General; MCL 780.855 (MI-S22) and the AG pages (MI-S20, MI-S21) name sexual assault victims as eligible. Record confidentiality: MCL 18.363 makes a claimant's file and testimony exempt from FOIA, though the record of a commission proceeding is otherwise a public record."
 },
 "confidence": "high",
 "researcher_notes": "Statute text is from legislature.mi.gov (current through 2022 PA 77 and 78, effective Aug. 12, 2023). The MDHHS SAFE Response page says that for injuries other than the forensic exam, a victim 'would have to' report to police to get compensation, while MCL 18.355a(10) says a forensic exam satisfies prompt reporting and cooperation for payments under section 6, and the MDHHS Do I Qualify page says an exam may be used in lieu of a police report. The statute wins; Tend should rely on MI-REPORT-1. MCL 18.355a(10) also says a survivor cannot be required to participate in the criminal justice system or cooperate with law enforcement to receive a forensic exam. The minimum-loss waiver for criminal sexual conduct is discretionary ('may waive'). Security cap is per residence and crime scene cleanup cap is per crime scene, so params.per uses 'residence' and 'crime_scene', which are not in the schema's per list. The FAQ and brochure say the program does not cover pain and suffering; the forensic exam payment to providers is capped at $1,200 (with up to $700 of that for facility and exam fees) and is separate from the victim's own compensation claim. The federal OVC directory lists the compensation office line as 517-241-7373; the victims-only toll-free line 877-251-7373 is on the MDHHS program page. Reviewer: the saved sources do not say whether the $45,000 aggregate cap and the 2022 PA 77 caps apply to crimes that happened before Aug. 12, 2023 (the agency page says the limit was recently raised from $25,000). MI-CAP-4 (agency table) matches the statutory 35-session and 20-family-session limits in MCL 18.361(6). Filing: the Applying for Compensation page says applications should be submitted electronically when possible, by email (MDHHS-MichiganCrimeVictim@Michigan.gov) or fax (517-335-2439), and can still be mailed; there is no online portal and no in-person drop-off is stated. The application PDF (DCH-0560, Rev. 1-26, MI-S15) is fillable with 202 AcroForm fields and says the previous edition may be used. Required documents come from the English Application Checklist (Revised 02/2025, MI-S18); several apply only to specific benefits (relocation, lost earnings, funeral, loss of support), so each required_document rule carries an expense or note saying when it applies. The checklist also lists two cost estimates and a prescription for rehabilitative equipment if disabled by the injury; that item was not added as a separate rule. ACP: eligibility also requires that the applicant be changing residence (MCL 780.855(2); 'Planning to move' on the AG page) and not be on the sex offender registry; applications must be made with a certified application assistant or victim advocate and include a notarized statement. The AG page's enrollment text says 'with the assistant of' (a typo in the source); the enroll param keeps it as written. MCL 18.363 says the record of a proceeding before the commission is a public record; only the claimant's file and testimony are FOIA-exempt, so Tend should not describe the whole proceeding as confidential."
}