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                                  TITLE  20
                        STATE PRISON AND COUNTY JAILS
                                  CHAPTER 6
                                 COUNTY JAILS
    20-605.  COSTS OF CONFINEMENT. The county wherein any court has entered an
order pursuant to section 20-604, Idaho Code, shall pay all direct and
indirect costs of the detention or confinement of the person to the
governmental unit or agency owning or operating the jail or confinement
facilities in which the person was confined or detained. The amount of such
direct and indirect costs shall be determined on a per day per person basis by
agreement between the county wherein the court entered the order and the
county or governmental unit or agency owning or operating such jail or
confinement facilities. In the absence of such agreement or order fixing the
cost as provided in section 20-606, Idaho Code, the charge for each person
confined or detained shall be the sum of thirty-five dollars ($35.00) per day,
plus the cost of any medical or dental services paid at the unadjusted
medicaid rate of reimbursement as provided in section 31-3502(4), Idaho Code,
unless a rate of reimbursement is otherwise established by contract or
agreement; provided, however, that the county may determine whether the
detained or confined person is eligible for any local, state, federal or
private program that covers dental, medical and/or burial expenses. That
person will be required to apply for those benefits, and any such benefits
obtained may be applied to the detained or confined person's incurred
expenses, and in the event of the death of such detained or confined person,
the county wherein the court entered the order shall pay all actual burial
costs. Release from an order pursuant to section 20-604, Idaho Code, for the
purpose of a person receiving medical treatment shall not relieve the county
of its obligation of paying the medical care expenses imposed in this section.
In case a person confined or detained was initially arrested by a city police
officer for violation of the motor vehicle laws of this state or for violation
of a city ordinance, the cost of such confinement or detention shall be a
charge against such city by the county wherein the order of confinement was
entered. All payments under this section shall be acted upon for each calendar
month by the second Monday of the month following the date of billing.