Pennsylvania Statutes Title 50 P.S. Mental Health § 4505. Liability of county

(a) Repealed by 1997, June 18, P.L. 179, No. 18, § 6, imd. effective.

(b) Whenever any person is committed for observation in connection with any proceedings with reference to a criminal act, liability for the costs of his observation, transportation, maintenance and care shall be imposed upon the county from which he was committed for the period of observation only, which shall not exceed ninety days.

(c) Any moneys expended by a county by reason of provisions of this section may be recovered only from the mentally disabled person or the person owing a legal duty to support such mentally disabled person upon whom liability is hereby imposed.