Victims' VOICES Act

Names the bill the Victims' VOICES Act.

This Act may be cited as the Victims' Voices Outside and Inside the Courtroom Effectiveness Act or the Victims' VOICES Act.

Amends federal restitution law to cover expenses of people who take on victim rights.

Section 3663A(a) of title 18, United States Code, is amended by adding at the end the following:

Courts must order defendants to reimburse people who assumed victim rights for necessary expenses.

In ordering restitution under this section, a court shall order the defendant to make restitution to a person who has assumed the victim’s rights under paragraph (2) to reimburse that person’s necessary and reasonable—

Requires restitution for lost income and expenses from participating in investigation, prosecution, or court.

(A) lost income, child care, transportation, and other expenses incurred during and directly related to participation in the investigation or prosecution of the offense or attendance at proceedings related to the offense;

Requires restitution for lost income and transportation to get victim medical and psychiatric care.

(B) lost income, transportation, and other expenses incurred that are directly related to transporting the victim for necessary medical and related professional services and devices relating to physical, psychiatric, and psychological care, including nonmedical care and treatment rendered in accordance with a method of healing recognized by the law of the place of treatment; and

Requires restitution for lost income and transportation for victim therapy and rehabilitation services.

(C) lost income, transportation, and other expenses incurred that are directly related to transporting the victim to receive necessary physical and occupational therapy and rehabilitation.

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