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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 54-204 (2025)

Application for compensation services. Report and examination. Confidential information

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(a) Any person who may be eligible for compensation pursuant to sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive, may make application therefor to the Office of Victim Services. If the person entitled to make application is a minor or a person who lacks capacity, the application may be made on such person's behalf by a parent, guardian or other legal representative of the minor or person who lacks capacity.

(b) In order to be eligible for compensation services under sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive, the applicant shall, prior to a determination on any application made pursuant to sections 54-201 to 54-218, inclusive, submit reports if reasonably available from all physicians, surgeons, physician assistants, advanced practice registered nurses or mental health professionals who have treated or examined the victim in relation to the injury for which compensation is claimed at the time of or subsequent to the victim's injury or death. If in the opinion of the Office of Victim Services or, on review, a victim compensation commissioner, reports on the previous medical history of the victim, examination of the injured victim and a report thereon or a report on the cause of death of the victim by an impartial medical expert would be of material aid to its just determination, said office or commissioner shall order such reports and examinations. Any information received which is confidential in accordance with any provision of the general statutes shall remain confidential while in the custody of the Office of Victim Services or a victim compensation commissioner.

(P.A. 78-261, S. 4, 17; P.A. 79-505, S. 1, 7; P.A. 87-554, S. 3; P.A. 91-39; P.A. 93-310, S. 3, 32; P.A. 16-39, S. 72; P.A. 17-99, S. 23; P.A. 21-196, S. 77.)

History: P.A. 79-505 added references to restitution services; P.A. 87-554 substituted “commission” for “board”; P.A. 91-39 amended Subsec. (b) by adding provision that confidential information received by the commission shall remain confidential while in the custody of the commission; P.A. 93-310 changed “commission” to “office of victims services”, added “of the minor or incompetent person” after “representative”, changed “hearing” to “determination”, changed “commission or hearing examiner” to “office of victim services or, on review, a victim compensation commissioner” and “office of victim services or a victim compensation commissioner”, effective July 1, 1993; P.A. 16-39 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to advanced practice registered nurses; P.A. 17-99 amended Subsec. (a) by deleting reference to restitution services, replacing reference to Sec. 54-233 with reference to Sec. 54-218 and replacing “incompetent person” with “person who lacks capacity”, and amended Subsec. (b) by deleting reference to restitution services, replacing reference to Sec. 54-233 with reference to Sec. 54-218, adding reference to mental health professionals, and making technical changes; P.A. 21-196 amended Subsec. (b) by adding reference to physician assistants.

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Cited in 4 cases, 2000–2006 · leading case: State v. Sandoval, 821 A.2d 247 (Conn. 2003).
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State v. Sandoval, 821 A.2d 247 (Conn. 2003). · cites it 2× “The victim subsequently filed an application for compensation with that office pursuant to General Statutes § 54-204. Thereafter, the state toxicology laboratory issued its report regarding the two pills that had been recovered from the victim’s vagina and one of the pills that…”
State v. George J., 910 A.2d 931 (Conn. 2006). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 54-204 (a) provides: “Any person who may be eligible for compensation or restitution services, or both, pursuant to this chapter nray make an application therefor to the Officer of Victim Services.”
State v. Lopes, 826 A.2d 1238 (Conn. App. Ct. 2003). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 54-204 et seq. The defendant also claims he was unduly restricted in cross-examination of Spencer relative to Spencer’s alleged recanting of his identification of the defendant as the shooter.”
Speight v. Off. of Victim Servs., 763 A.2d 25 (Conn. App. Ct. 2000). · cites it 2× “General Statutes § 54-204 (a) provides in relevant part: “Any person who may be eligible for compensation or restitution services, or both, pursuant to this chapter may make application therefor to the Office of Victim Services .”
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