Idaho Code
Idaho Code § 20-605 (2026)
Costs of confinement.
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Costs of confinement.
(1) For purposes of this section, "reimbursement rate" means ninety-five percent (95%) of the unadjusted medicaid rate of reimbursement for medical charges allowed pursuant to title XIX of the social security act, as amended, that is in effect at the time the service is rendered.
(2) 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 reimbursement rate, 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.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 6
cases, 1986–2018 · leading case: Cnty. of Bannock v. City of Pocatello, 715 P.2d 962 (Idaho 1986).
Cnty. of Bannock v. City of Pocatello, 715 P.2d 962 (Idaho 1986). “I.C. § 20-605 (1973), reads: 20-605. Costs of confinement.”
Saint Alphonsus Reg'l Med. Ctr. v. Raney, 413 P.3d 742 (Idaho 2018). “*747 I.C. § 20-605 (1994 Idaho Laws Ch. 362 (H.”
City of Boise v. Ada Cnty., 215 P.3d 514 (Idaho 2009). “Further, I.C. § 20-605 allows a county to charge a city for confinement of convicted persons who were charged by city officers for violation of state motor vehicle laws or city ordinances.”
St. Alphonsus Reg'l Med. Ctr., Ltd. v. Killeen, 858 P.2d 736 (Idaho 1993). “Idaho Code § 20-605 states that the county in which a court has entered an order of confinement “shall pay all direct and indirect costs of the detention or confinement” to the county that actually houses the prisoner.”
St. Al's RMC v. Ada Co Sheriff & Bd of Comm (Idaho 2018). “I.C. § 20-605 (1994 Idaho Laws Ch. 362 (H.”
St. Alphonsus Reg'l Med. Ctr., Ltd. v. Killeen, 858 P.2d 760 (Idaho Ct. App. 1992). “Alphonsus also urges application of I.C. § 20-605, the only statute specifically addressing medical care in jails.”
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