California Government Code

§ 26605.6

GOV § 26605.6 Effective Jun 27, 2013Div. 2 · Title 3 · Part 3 · Ch. 2 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The sheriff, or his or her designee, has the authority, after conferring with a physician who has oversight for providing medical care at a county jail, or that physician’s designee, to release from a county correctional facility, a prisoner sentenced to a county jail if the sheriff determines that the prisoner would not reasonably pose a threat to public safety and the prisoner, upon diagnosis by the examining physician, is deemed to have a life expectancy of six months or less.

(b)Before the release of any prisoner pursuant to this section, the sheriff shall notify the presiding judge of the superior court of his or her intention to release the prisoner. This notification shall include:

(1)The prisoner’s name.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 23, Sec. 3. (AB 82) Effective June 27, 2013.