Compensation is subject to reduction and disqualification as follows:
1. Compensation shall be reduced by the amount of any payment received, or to be received, as a result of the injury or death:
- a. From or on behalf of a person who committed the crime or who is otherwise responsible for damages resulting from the crime.
- b. From an insurance payment or program, including but not limited to workers’ compensation or unemployment compensation.
- c. From public funds.
- d. As an emergency award under section 915.91.
2. Compensation shall not be made when the bodily injury or death for which a benefit is sought was caused by any of the following:
- a. Consent, provocation, or incitement by the victim.
- b. The victim assisting, attempting, or committing a criminal act. This paragraph shall not apply to a victim under the age of eighteen involved in commercial sexual activity as defined in section 710A.1.
98 Acts, ch 1090, §48, 84; 2012 Acts, ch 1057, §10
Referred to in §622.69, 915.92