AB329

Existing law authorizes certain victims of crime to apply for and receive payment of compensation from the Fund for the Compensation of Victims of Crime under certain circumstances. (NRS 217.010-217.270) Existing law generally requires an application for compensation from the Fund to be filed: (1) not later than 24 months after the injury or death for which compensation is claimed; (2) not later than 60 months after the injury or death for which compensation is claimed if the applicant is a victim of sex trafficking or facilitating sex trafficking; or (3) before the applicant reaches 21 years of age if the applicant is a victim of sexual abuse or involved in the production of pornography and the applicant was a minor at the time of the injury. (NRS 217.100) Section 1 of this bill makes various changes to require all applications for compensation from the Fund to be filed not later than 60 months after the injury or death for which compensation is claimed, unless the applicant was a minor at the time of the injury, in which case the application must be filed not later than 60 months after the applicant reaches 21 years of age. Existing law authorizes the Director of the Department of Health and Human Services or a person designated by the Director to waive the limitation on the time for filing an application for compensation from the Fund for good cause shown if the injury or death for which compensation is claimed was the result of an incident or offense that was reported to