The department shall:
(1) Reimburse funds to a county when appropriated funds are available;
(2) Limit a county's reimbursement to costs of civil commitment proceedings as defined in WAC
388-885-010(2);
(3) Restrict a county's reimbursement to documented investigation, expert evaluation, attorney, transportation, trial, incidental, and medical costs;
(4) Not reimburse a county for a cost under the rules of this section when said cost is otherwise reimbursable under law;
(5) Pay a county's claim for a trial or hearing occurring during each biennium in the order in which the claim is received, until the department's biennial appropriation is expended.
[Statutory Authority: Chapter
71.09 RCW, RCW
72.01.090, 2010 c 28, 2010 c 37, and Washington state supreme court decision No. 80570-9 re Detention of John L. Strand, filed October 8, 2009. WSR 11-10-086, § 388-885-015, filed 5/4/11, effective 6/4/11. Statutory Authority: Chapter
71.09 RCW and RCW
72.01.090. WSR 08-19-042, § 388-885-015, filed 9/11/08, effective 10/12/08. WSR 99-21-002, recodified as § 388-885-015, filed 10/6/99, effective 10/6/99. Statutory Authority: RCW
71.09.050 and
43.20A.050. WSR 94-12-006 (Order 3736), § 275-156-015, filed 5/19/94, effective 6/19/94. Statutory Authority: RCW
43.20A.050. WSR 91-21-027 (Order 3263), § 275-156-015, filed 10/8/91, effective 11/8/91.]