§ 601-c. Felony prisoners; reimbursement for costs. Notwithstanding
any other provision of law, in any case where a person has been
convicted of a felony and a sentence has been pronounced which requires
that he or she be committed to the custody of the commissioner, if such
person has not been accepted for custody by the commissioner within ten
business days of receipt of a written notification by the department
from the appropriate local official that he or she is prepared to
transport such person to the facility designated by the department,
provided that there has been compliance with subdivision (a) of section
six hundred one of this article, and provided further that such person
is not in need of immediate medical care requiring the availability of a
hospital or infirmary bed, then the expense of maintaining such person
shall be paid by the state at the rate of one hundred dollars per day
per capita, or the actual per day per capita cost as certified by the
appropriate local official, whichever is less, beginning with the first
day of receipt of written notification by the department.