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Code · Washington · Title 70 — Public Health and Safety · Chapter 70.48

RCW 70.48.440

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The office of financial management shall establish a uniform equitable rate for reimbursing cities and counties for the care of sentenced felons who are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections and are detained or incarcerated in a city or county jail.
Until June 30, 1985, the rate for the care of sentenced felons who are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections shall be ten dollars per day. Cost of extraordinary emergency medical care incurred by prisoners who are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections under this chapter shall be reimbursed. The department of corrections shall be advised as far in advance as practicable by competent medical authority of the nature and course of treatment required to ensure the most efficient use of state resources to address the medical needs of the offender.
In the event emergency medical care is needed, the department of corrections shall be advised as soon as practicable after the offender is treated.
Prior to June 30, 1985, the office of financial management shall meet with the *corrections standards board to establish criteria to determine equitable rates regarding variable costs for sentenced felons who are the financial responsibility of the department of corrections after June 30, 1985. The office of financial management shall reestablish these rates each even-numbered year beginning in 1986.
[ 1984 c 235 s 5 .]
Notes:
*Reviser's note: The corrections standards board no longer exists. See 1987 c 462 s 21 .
Effective dates — 1984 c 235: See note following RCW 70.48.400 .
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