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(1)
(a) The purpose of the office is to assist victims of criminally injurious conduct who may be eligible for assistance from the fund.
(b) Reparation to a victim under this part is limited to the money available in the fund.
(2)
(a) The assistance program described in Subsection (1) is not an entitlement program.
(b) A reparations award may be limited or denied as determined appropriate by the board.
(c) Failure to grant a reparations award does not create a cause of action against the office, the state, or any of its subdivisions and there is no right to judicial review over the decision whether or not to grant a reparations award.
(3) A cause of action based on a failure to give or receive the notice required by this part does not accrue to any person against the state, any of its agencies or local subdivisions, any of their law enforcement officers or other agents or employees, or any health care or medical provider or its agents or employees nor does it affect or alter any requirement for filing or payment of a reparations claim.