Sec. 1. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 806, §3, is repealed.

Sec. 2. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§4, as enacted by PL 1991, c. 806, §3, is amended to read:

4. Eligible expenses and losses. "Eligible expenses and losses" means expenses and losses resulting from a personal injury sustained by an individual as a direct result of a crime specified in subsection 3 and may include medical and medically related expenses, which may include psychological or mental health counseling expenses, lost wages, and funeral and burial expenses,.__"Eligible expenses and losses" may include costs of eyeglasses, hearing aids, dentures or other prosthetic devices taken, lost, destroyed or damaged as the direct a result of a the crime specified in subsection 3 and costs of crime scene cleanup. Expenses and losses claimed under this subsection must be expenses or losses actually and reasonably incurred.

Sec. 3. 5 MRSA §3360, sub-§6 is enacted to read:

6.__Personal injury.__"Personal injury" means bodily injury as defined in Title 17-A, section 2, subsection 5 or psychological injury incurred by a victim who has sustained bodily injury or the threat of bodily injury.

Sec. 4. 5 MRSA §3360-B, sub-§1, as amended by PL 1997, c. 378, §5, is further amended to read:

1. Eligibility of victims. The board may award compensation to any individual who:

A. Suffers bodily personal injury as a direct result of a crime specified in section 3360, committed within the jurisdiction of the State;

B. Has been sexually assaulted within this State in violation of Title 17-A, chapter 11 without regard to whether bodily injury or the threat of bodily injury occurred;

C. Would otherwise be eligible for compensation, even though:

(1) The criminal conduct occurred in this State but within the exclusive jurisdiction of the United States;