IL HB3596

Expands "pecuniary loss" definition to include replacement costs for personal belongings, attorney's fees for victim-related proceedings, economic abuse expenses, emergency family leave costs, victim services, counseling, safety planning, legal assistance, and headstone expenses.

Removes restrictions on compensation for incarcerated applicants and eliminates time limits and law enforcement notification requirements for submitting applications.

Requires Attorney General to provide written notice of award determinations within 90 days of complete application submission, make all forms available electronically in the 5 most common non-English languages, maintain online application and case-tracking systems.

Allows victims or applicants to obtain law enforcement reports themselves if agencies don't respond within 15 days and establishes presumption that crime victims did not provoke or incite the crime unless clear and convincing evidence proves otherwise.

Creates 48-hour emergency award determination process for funeral, burial, and relocation expenses; removes cooperation requirement for human trafficking, sexual assault, and certain violent crime victims; permits hospitals to treat victims without requiring disclosure of crime cause.