P-9.2.1 - Act to assist persons who are victims of criminal offences and to facilitate their recovery

Section 64 Disposition versions

2021-10-13

64. The following qualified persons who are victims are, in accordance with a government regulation, eligible for the reimbursement of certain expenses they incur to obtain medical assistance that, subject to the fourth paragraph of section 68, are not covered by another public plan, except the health insurance plan and the basic prescription drug insurance plan:

(1)  a person who suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against them;

(2)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased due to the commission of a criminal offence against the child, or a person who had parental authority over the child;

(3)  an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16; and

(4)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased, in a case where the child is an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16, or a person who had parental authority over the child.

The expenses referred to in the first paragraph are those required, from a medical point of view,

(1)  to obtain medications or other pharmaceutical products; or

(2)  to obtain a visual aid, hearing aid or communication device, or a device or other equipment that compensates for a physical deficiency, including the repair or replacement of such an aid or device or such equipment.

The government regulation provided for in the first paragraph prescribes the conditions, standards, amounts and terms relating to the reimbursement of those expenses. Likewise, it may determine the professionals with whom the expenses must be incurred in order to be eligible for reimbursement.

2021, c. 13, s. 64.

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In force: 2021-10-13

64. The following qualified persons who are victims are, in accordance with a government regulation, eligible for the reimbursement of certain expenses they incur to obtain medical assistance that, subject to the fourth paragraph of section 68, are not covered by another public plan, except the health insurance plan and the basic prescription drug insurance plan:

(1)  a person who suffers interference with their integrity due to the commission of a criminal offence against them;

(2)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased due to the commission of a criminal offence against the child, or a person who had parental authority over the child;

(3)  an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16; and

(4)  a parent of a minor child who is deceased, in a case where the child is an intervening person referred to in subparagraph 1 or 2 of the first paragraph of section 16, or a person who had parental authority over the child.

The expenses referred to in the first paragraph are those required, from a medical point of view,

(1)  to obtain medications or other pharmaceutical products; or

(2)  to obtain a visual aid, hearing aid or communication device, or a device or other equipment that compensates for a physical deficiency, including the repair or replacement of such an aid or device or such equipment.

The government regulation provided for in the first paragraph prescribes the conditions, standards, amounts and terms relating to the reimbursement of those expenses. Likewise, it may determine the professionals with whom the expenses must be incurred in order to be eligible for reimbursement.

2021, c. 13, s. 64.