4-48B-14: Payment of charges; persons committed by district court.

A. Charges for care, treatment and services for any person sent by order of a district court to any county hospital or municipally owned hospital serving as a county hospital which is located outside the county of commitment shall be paid:

(1) by the patient, if he is able to pay; or

(2) by the county from which the patient was committed.

B. When a county is required by this section to pay such charges to another county, it shall levy and collect assessments as provided in the Hospital Funding Act.