Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 258C, § 3
(b) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the following expenses are compensable in accordance with this section:
(1)
(A) The maximum award or compensation for funeral and burial expenses shall be $13,000. A legal guardian, dependent or other family member of the victim or a person who actually incurs funeral and burial expenses directly related to the death of a victim shall be eligible for compensation for such funeral and burial expenses.
[ Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) effective until July 1, 2025. For text effective July 1, 2025, see below.]
(B) The maximum award or compensation for expenses other than funeral and burial expenses associated with the interment of a victim whose death is the direct result of a crime shall be $4,000. For purposes of this subsection compensable expenses shall include, but not be limited to, transportation of the victim to the location of interment, travel of a legal guardian or family member to accompany the victim to the location of interment, memorial markers at the location of interment or other associated expenses as determined by the program director in accordance with section 4.
[ Subparagraph (B) of paragraph (1) of subsection (b) as amended by 2025, 9, Sec. 67 effective July 1, 2025. See 2025, 9, Sec. 138. For text effective until July 1, 2025, see above.]
(2)
(C) A victim, parent or legal guardian of a victim who is a minor in accordance with section 4 or, where death results from the crime, the dependents and family members of the victim, shall be eligible for compensation for reasonable mental health counseling obtained as a result of the crime.
[ Subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) effective until July 1, 2025. For text effective July 1, 2025, see below.]
(D) If the victim was employed or had received a bona fide employment offer at the time of the crime, he shall be eligible for compensation for loss of actual earnings due to disability from work as the result of injuries caused by the crime. In order to be eligible for lost earnings, the victim must demonstrate medical disability and causal relationship to the crime. The amount of compensation shall be based on the victim's net earnings or expected net earnings as a result of an employment offer at the time of the crime. If the victim is a minor at the time of the crime, he shall be eligible for future lost earnings due to disability from future employment as a result of injuries caused by the crime.
[ Subparagraph (D) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) as amended by 2025, 9, Sec. 68 effective July 1, 2025. See 2025, 9, Sec. 138. For text effective until July 1, 2025, see above.]
(D) If the victim was employed or had received a bona fide employment offer at the time of the crime, the victim shall be eligible for compensation for loss of actual earnings due to disability from work as the result of injuries caused by the crime. In order to be eligible for lost earnings, the victim must demonstrate medical disability and causal relationship to the crime. The amount of compensation shall be based on the victim's net earnings or expected net earnings as a result of an employment offer at the time of the crime. If the victim is a minor at the time of the crime, the victim shall be eligible for future lost earnings due to disability from future employment as a result of injuries caused by the crime.
[ Subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) effective until July 1, 2025. For text effective July 1, 2025, see below.]
(E) If the sole occupation of the victim at the time of the crime and for the preceding one year was limited to performing the duties and responsibilities of a homemaker, the victim or his dependents shall be eligible for reimbursement for the reasonable costs of maintaining such services. In order to be eligible for compensation for homemaker services in nonhomicide cases, the victim must demonstrate a medical disability which is causally related to the crime.
[ Subparagraph (E) of paragraph (2) of subsection (b) as amended by 2025, 9, Sec. 69 effective July 1, 2025. See 2025, 9, Sec. 138. For text effective until July 1, 2025, see above.]
(H) A victim shall be eligible for compensation for the reasonable replacement costs of clothing and bedding seized as evidence or rendered unusable as the result of a criminal investigation that is the direct result of a crime; provided, however, that the maximum compensable amount shall not exceed $250.
(I) A victim or a family member residing with the victim at the time a crime is committed, shall be eligible for compensation for the costs associated with the implementation of security measures; provided, however, that the maximum compensable amount shall not exceed $3,000.