C. A county board of supervisors that has designated a county restoration treatment program may enter into contracts with providers, including the Arizona state hospital, for inpatient, in-custody competency restoration treatment. A county competency restoration treatment program may do the following:

1. 1. Provide competency restoration treatment to a defendant in the county jail, including inpatient treatment.
2. 2. Obtain court orders to transport the defendant to other providers, including the Arizona state hospital, for inpatient, in-custody competency restoration treatment.

D. In determining the type and location of the treatment, the court shall select the least restrictive treatment alternative after considering the following:

1. 1. Whether confinement is necessary for treatment.
2. 2. The likelihood that the defendant is a threat to public safety.
3. 3. The defendant's participation in and cooperation during an outpatient examination of competency to stand trial conducted pursuant to section 13-4507.
4. 4. The defendant's willingness to submit to outpatient competency restoration treatment as a condition of pretrial release, if the defendant is eligible for pretrial release.

F. A defendant shall pay the cost of inpatient, in-custody competency restoration treatment unless otherwise ordered by the court. If the court finds the defendant is unable to pay all or a portion of the costs of inpatient, in-custody treatment, the city, town or county shall pay the costs of inpatient, in-custody competency restoration treatment at the Arizona state hospital that are incurred until:

1. 1. Seven days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays or other legal holidays, after the hospital submits a report to the court stating that the defendant has regained competency or that there is no substantial probability that the defendant will regain competency within twenty-one months after the date of the original finding of incompetency.
2. 2. The treatment order expires.
3. 3. Seven days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays or other legal holidays, after the charges are dismissed.

H. Payment for the cost of outpatient community treatment is the responsibility of the defendant unless:

1. 1. The defendant is enrolled in a program that covers the treatment and that has funding available for the provision of treatment to the defendant, and the defendant is eligible to receive the treatment. Defendants in these circumstances may be required to share in the cost of the treatment if cost sharing is required by the program in which the defendant is enrolled.
2. 2. The court finds that the defendant is unable to pay all or a portion of treatment costs or that outpatient treatment is not otherwise available to the defendant. For defendants in these circumstances, all or a portion of the costs of outpatient community treatment shall be borne by the county or the city if the competency proceedings arise out of a municipal court proceeding.

I. A treatment order issued pursuant to this section is valid for one hundred eighty days or until one of the following occurs:

1. 1. The treating facility submits a report that the defendant has regained competency or that there is no substantial probability that the defendant will regain competency within twenty-one months after the date of the original finding of incompetency.
2. 2. The charges are dismissed.
3. 3. The maximum sentence for the offense charged has expired.
4. 4. A qualified physician who represents the Arizona state hospital determines that the defendant is not suffering from a mental illness and is competent to stand trial.