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AN ORDINANCE amending county code related to recovery of incarceration costs; amending Ordinance 12917, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.73.050, adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 4A and recodifying K.C.C. 2.73.050.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. K.C.C. 2.73.050, as amended by this ordinance, is hereby recodified as a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 12917, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 2.73.050 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. The following fee schedule for the community corrections programs including work, education and release and electronic home detention program are hereby adopted:
WAGES PER HOUR DAILY ROOM AND
BOARD RATE
From To
$0.00 $4.99 $8.10
$5.00 $5.49 $9.00
$5.50 $5.99 $9.90
$6.00 $6.49 $10.80
$6.50 $6.99 $11.70
$7.00 $7.49 $12.60
$7.50 $7.99 $13.50
$8.00 $8.49 $14.40
$8.50 $8.99 $15.30
$9.00 $9.49 $16.20
$9.50 $9.99 $17.10
$10.00 $10.49 $18.00
$10.50 $10.99 $18.90
$11.00 $11.49 $19.80
$11.50 $11.99 $20.70
$12.00 $12.49 $21.60
$12.50 $12.99 $22.55
$13.00 $13.49 $23.45
$13.50 $13.99 $24.35
$14.00 $14.49 $25.25
$14.50 $14.99 $26.15
$15.00 $15.49 $27.05
$15.50 $15.99 $27.95
$16.00 $16.49 $28.85
$16.50 $16.99 $29.75
$17.00 $17.49 $30.65
$17.50 $17.99 $31.55
$18.00 $18.49 $32.45
$18.50 $18.99 $33.35
$19.00 $19.49 $34.25
$19.50 $19.99 $35.15
$20.00 $22.49 $36.05
$22.50 $24.49 $40.55
$25.00 $27.49 $45.05
$27.50 $29.99 $49.55
$30.00 $32.49 $54.05
$32.50 $34.99 $58.55
$35.00 $37.49 $63.05
$37.50 up $ net maintenance fee
1. Program participants engaged in job search ((pay seven dollars fifty cents per day, except for in-custody community corrections program eligible inmates who pay four dollars per day for the first two weeks, then seven dollars fifty cents per day thereafter. Inmates who were previously employed, became unemployed while on the program and are placed in a job search category pay seven dollars fifty cents per day)), who become unemployed while on the program, who are enrolled in educational programs, or who receive treatment while in the program will not be subject to a daily room and board rate.
2. ((Program participants enrolled in educational programs pay three dollars per day for high school and GED programs and eight dollars per day while enrolled in college classes, trade, or technical schools.
3. Program participants who receive outside treatment pay seven dollars per day.
4.)) Out-of-county program participants shall be charged the same daily rate as charged to contracting agencies.
((5.)) 3. Should the net maintenance fee be lower than the daily room and board rate the net maintenance fee shall be the amount charged.
B. ((Jail health services. Incarcerated individuals pay a five-dollar copayment for medical care when they are seen by a nurse or dental staff in response to a request for medical or dental services. The fee-for-service program is based upon the principle that access to health care will be available to all inmates regardless of their ability to pay.
C. Special detention facility twenty-four- and forty-eight-hour commitments. The following fee schedule shall apply for special detention facility twenty-four- and forty-eight-hour commitments:
A person who is housed at the north rehabilitation facility pursuant to a court-ordered twenty-four- to forty-eight-hour hour commitment upon a conviction of violating RCW 46.61.502 or SMC 11.56.02000 or upon a conviction of violating RCW 46.61.504 or SMC 11.56.02008, shall pay a daily housing fee. The daily housing fee for each twenty-four hours of commitment shall be the net maintenance fee, adjusted according to the following sliding scale based on the United States Community Services Administration (CSA) Poverty Guidelines, as adjusted for family size.
Gross Income as a percentage of CSA Percentage of net maintenance fee to be
Poverty Guidelines paid
Equal or less than 125% 10%
126% to 137% 20%
138% to 150% 35%
151% to 162% 50%
163% to 175% 65%
176% to 187% 80%
Over 188% 100%
D.)) “Net maintenance fee" shall mean the fee that is calculated and established annually by the department of adult detention according to the formula contained in
contract for jail services between the county and the cities in King County. The department shall promptly file a statement of the fee with the clerk of the council.