17-63-706. County charges enumerated.

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Effective 11/6/2025

(1)County charges are:

(a)charges incurred against the county by any law;

(b)the necessary expenses of the county attorney or district attorney incurred in criminal cases arising in the county, and all other expenses necessarily incurred by the county or district attorney in the prosecution of criminal cases, except jury and witness fees;

(c)the expenses of health care as described in Section 17-72-501 , and other expenses necessarily incurred in the support of prisoners committed to the county jail, except as provided in Subsection

(2);

(d)for a county not within the state district court administrative system, the sum required by law to be paid jurors in civil cases;

(e)all charges and accounts for services rendered by any justice court judge for services in the trial and examination of persons charged with a criminal offense not otherwise provided for by law;

(f)the contingent expenses necessarily incurred for the use and benefit of the county;

(g)every other sum directed by law to be raised for any county purposes under the direction of the county legislative body or declared a county charge;

(h)the fees of constables for services rendered in criminal cases;

(i)the necessary expenses of the sheriff and deputies incurred in civil and criminal cases arising in the county, and all other expenses necessarily incurred by the sheriff and deputies in performing the duties imposed upon the sheriff and deputies by law;

(j)the sums required by law to be paid by the county to jurors and witnesses serving at inquests and in criminal cases in justice courts; and

(k)subject to Subsection

(2), expenses incurred by a health care facility or health care provider in providing health care services, treatment, hospitalization, or related transportation, at the request of a county sheriff for:

(i)prisoners booked into a county jail on a charge of a criminal offense; or

(ii)inmates convicted of a criminal offense and committed to a county jail.

(a)Expenses described in Subsections (1)(c) and (1)(k) are a charge to the county only to the extent that the charge exceeds any private insurance in effect that covers the expenses described in Subsections (1)(c) and (1)(k) .

(b)The county may collect costs of health care, treatment, hospitalization, and related transportation provided to a person described in Subsection (1)(k) who has the resources or the ability to pay, subject to the following priorities for payment:

(i)first priority shall be given to restitution; and

(ii)second priority shall be given to family support obligations.

(c)A county may seek reimbursement from a prisoner or inmate described in Subsection (1)(k) for expenses incurred by the county in behalf of the prisoner or inmate for health care, treatment, hospitalization, or related transportation by:

(i)deducting the cost from the prisoner's or inmate's cash account on deposit with the detention facility during the prisoner's or inmate's incarceration or during a subsequent incarceration if:

(A)the subsequent incarceration occurs within the same county; and

(B)the incarceration is within 10 years of the date of the expense in behalf of the prisoner or inmate;

(ii)placing a lien for the amount of the expense against the prisoner's or inmate's personal property held by the jail; and

(iii)adding the amount of expenses incurred to any other amount owed by the prisoner or inmate to the jail upon the prisoner's or inmate's release in accordance with Subsection 76-3-201(4)(c) .

(d)A prisoner or inmate who receives health care, treatment, hospitalization, or related transportation shall cooperate with the jail facility seeking payment or reimbursement under this section for the prisoner's or inmate's expenses.

(e)If there is no contract between a county jail and a health care facility or health care provider that establishes a fee schedule for services rendered, expenses under Subsection (1)(k) shall be commensurate with:

(i)for a health care facility, the current noncapitated state Medicaid rates; and

(ii)for a health care provider, 65% of the amount that would be paid to the health care provider:

(A)under the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program, created in Section 49-20-103 ; and

(B)if the person receiving the health care service were a covered employee under the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program.

(f)Subsection (1)(k) does not apply to expenses of an individual held at the county jail at the request of an agency of the United States.

(g)A county that receives information from the Public Employees' Benefit and Insurance Program to enable the county to calculate the amount to be paid to a health care provider under Subsection (2)(e)(ii) shall keep that information confidential.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 13 , 2025 Special Session 1