The amendments eliminate the current "commitment status" dividing line between state and county responsibility for secure detention costs, replacing it with one that reduces the counties' share, and increases state responsibility. Most notably, the state will assume responsibility for detention stays associated with technical violations of probation, and for those following the dismissal of all open charges. A new methodology for estimating and reconciling costs is adopted, which will utilize a uniform per diem, and thus ensure that the counties do not pay a higher rate than the state.