Section 29602 Of Article 1. General From California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 3. >> Chapter 3. >> Article 1.
29602
. The expenses necessarily incurred in the support of persons
charged with or convicted of a crime and committed to the county jail
and the maintenance therein and in other county adult detention
facilities of a program of rehabilitative services in the fields of
training, employment, recreation, and prerelease activities, and for
other services in relation to criminal proceedings for which no
specific compensation is prescribed by law are county charges.
However, nothing in this section shall preclude or prohibit the
county from receiving reimbursement from a provider of medical
insurance coverage for the provision of medical services to a
prisoner or detainee received by or held in the county jail or other
detention facilities, in those instances where the prisoner or
detainee has private medical insurance coverage.