The director of labor and industries shall institute a cap on medical benefits of one hundred fifty thousand dollars per injury or death. For the purposes of this section, an individual will not be required to use his or her assets other than funds recovered as a result of a civil action or criminal restitution, for medical expenses or pain and suffering, in order to qualify for an alternative source of payment. The director shall, in cooperation with the department of social and health services, establish by October 1, 1989, a process to aid crime victims in identifying and applying for appropriate alternative benefit programs, if any, administered by the department of social and health services. [ 2011 c 346 s 502; (2010 c 122 s 2 expired July 1, 2015); 2009 c 479 s 9; 1990 c 3 s 504; 1989 1st ex.s. c 5 s 3.]
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