SECOND REGULAR SESSION
94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
INTRODUCED BY REPRESENTATIVES ROORDA (Sponsor), BRUNS, THRELKELD, STREAM, GEORGE, MEADOWS, CASEY, PAGE AND FRAME (Co-sponsors).
Read 1st time February 13, 2008 and copies ordered printed.
D. ADAM CRUMBLISS, Chief Clerk
AN ACT
To amend chapter 595, RSMo, by adding thereto one new section relating to the Shawn Hornbeck Educational Reimbursement Program.
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the state of Missouri, as follows:
Section A. Chapter 595, RSMo, is amended by adding thereto one new section, to be known as section 595.031, to read as follows:
595.031. 1. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 595.035, a program is hereby created within the crime victim's compensation fund to ensure that any victim of section 565.110 or 565.115, RSMo, who was confined for a period of at least one hundred eighty days, shall be reimbursed for any expenses associated with any academic tutoring necessary to replace primary or secondary school studies lost during the time such person was confined. Such compensation shall be paid to the victim, or if the victim is a minor, to the victim's parent or legal guardian from the crime victims' compensation fund in an amount equal to the actual loss sustained.
2. The program described in subsection 1 of this section shall be known as the "Shawn Hornbeck Educational Reimbursement Program" and shall be administered by the division of workers' compensation in conjunction with the crime victims' compensation fund under the provisions of sections 595.010 to 595.075.
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