(1) Defense costs of any county in connection with hearings conducted pursuant to RCW 9.94A.175 for offenders who are detained by the county solely for violating a condition of postrelease supervision shall be the financial responsibility of the department and shall be reimbursed by the department in accordance with this chapter upon receipt and verification by the department of the county's request.

(2) Such reimbursement shall be made to the extent funds allotted by the department for such purpose are available. If the costs of reimbursement to counties exceed the available funds, the secretary shall request the legislature to appropriate additional funds to enable the department to make full reimbursement.