Information for Victims & Survivors

Examples include medical, surgical, dental, vision, hearing, medication/prescription, ambulance transport, physical therapy, diagnostic imaging, chiropractic care, medical devices, medical aids, medical and dental prostheses. 

CVCP will reimburse the medical provider for the expenses the victim has incurred for treatment of injuries sustained as a direct result of the criminally injurious conduct (crime). 

Sexual assault forensic and medical examination costs covered by the program include but are not limited to examiner fees, facility fees, laboratory fees, antibiotics for Sexually Transmitted Infections, HIV prophylaxis, medical prescriptions, and other medications. Follow up visits as prescribed by the treating physician due to an assault may also be covered.

You are initially eligible for Mental Health Benefits up to $2,500.00. Once you surpass that amount, CVCP will contact you to discuss the Mental Health Extenuating Circumstances process. 

CVCP will reimburse the mental health provider for the expenses the victim has incurred for treatment that is a direct result of the criminally injurious conduct (crime). CVCP will work with your mental health providers directly to gather the required CVCP documentation (bills, Initial Intake, CVCP Mental Health Treatment Plan, etc.). It is important that you know that CVCP relies heavily on your mental health provider to determine what percentage of your care is related to the crime. If that percentage changes, CVCP will contact you immediately. CVCP will not reimburse for cancellation or missed appointment fees nor will they consider payments for sessions that included the offender. 

According to Idaho statute, the spouse, parent, grandparent, child, grandchild, or sibling of a victim who is killed, kidnapped, sexually assaulted, or subjected to domestic violence or child injury is entitled to reimbursement for mental health treatment received as a result of the criminally injurious conduct (crime). The benefit may not exceed $500 for each person or $1500.00 for a family. 

A claimant or a spouse, parent, child or sibling of a claimant or victim may be reimbursed for his or her expenses for necessary travel incurred in connection with obtaining benefits. 

If the claimant utilizes a private vehicle, reimbursement shall be at the mileage rate allowed by the State Board of Examiners for state employees [insert current mileage rate]. Reimbursement shall be provided only if services are not available in the local area and is limited to one (1) round trip per day. The claimant shall not be reimbursed for the first fifteen (15) miles of any round trip, nor for traveling any round trip of fifteen (15) miles or less. Such distance shall be calculated by the shortest practical route of travel. The mileage reimbursement amount shall be credited to the medical benefit.

CVCP will collaborate with funeral homes to assist families in covering funeral costs for victims, providing benefits of up to $5,000.00. Funeral expense can include funeral services, burial plots, cremation, headstones, and other related expenses.

Economic Support (Wage Loss or Weekly Compensation) and Loss of Support (Dependent Death) Benefits. Below is some basic information about those specific benefits: 

If the victim is a minor, 17 years of age and younger, CVCP is going to assume they are not employed, unless specific information is provided on the application. Parents or guardians of minor children are welcome to call us with questions at 208-334-6080. 

If the victim was an adult who meets any of the criteria below, you may be eligible for Economic Support: 

• Employed at the time of the incident and experienced a total loss of wage for over a week as a result of criminally injurious conduct (the crime) or 

• Suffered an injury that left them unable to work in the future, even though they could work before the injury and were not employed at the time of the accident or 

• Employable but was not employed at the time of the injury (perhaps this person had a job offer); or 

• Became ineligible for unemployment because of the crime. 

Loss of support may be available for dependents of a deceased victim who was either employed or employable but not employed at the time of their death. A dependent means natural person who is recognized under the law of this state to be wholly or partially dependent upon the victim for care or support and includes a child if under the age of eighteen (18) years or incapable of self-support and unmarried and includes a child of the victim conceived before the victim’s death but born after the victim’s death, including a child that is conceived as a result of the criminally injurious conduct. 

Your case manager would be happy to answer any questions you have regarding either of these benefits.

Insurance benefits, also known as collateral sources, must be used or exhausted prior to payment of benefits by the CVCP. If benefits from these sources do not cover the full amount of the expense, funds from CVCP may be applied to the remaining obligations such as co-pays and deductibles. 

“Collateral source” refers to any source of financial assistance or benefits that a claimant may receive for economic losses related to criminal acts, excluding welfare benefits. This includes potential compensation from the offender, government programs (like Social Security, Medicare, or Medicaid), workers’ compensation, employer wage continuation programs, insurance proceeds, or health care service contracts. Importantly, benefits from these sources cannot be considered secondary to the benefits provided under this chapter, ensuring that they do not diminish the compensation available to the claimant. 

Claimants/victims can be reimbursed for medical and other crime-related expenses they have incurred. If you have paid co-pays, deductibles, prescriptions, then please reach out to your Case Manager. Receipts are required.

Payments made by the CVCP are based on the medical fee schedule authorized under administrative rules. Payments will be based on the medical fee schedule in place at the time of service. 

Additionally, a medical provider who accepts the full allowable payment from the commission under this chapter for medical services provided to a victim or claimant shall be deemed to have agreed to accept those payments as payment in full for those medical services.