Health.

(1) Existing law authorizes a sheriff to release a prisoner from a county correctional facility for transfer to a medical care facility or residential care facility upon the advice of a physician, as specified, or 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 6 months or less, provided the sheriff gives specified notice to the superior court. Existing law also authorizes the sheriff to request the court to grant medical probation or to resentence a prisoner to medical probation in lieu of jail time if the prisoner is physically incapacitated…