Section 230.17 – Board may compromise lien.
230.17 Board may compromise lien. The board of supervisors of the person’s county of residence is hereby empowered to compromise any and all liabilities to the county created by this chapter, when compromise is deemed to be in the best interests of the county. [C73, §1433; C97, §2297; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3597; C46, […]
Section 230.18 – Expense in county or private hospitals.
230.18 Expense in county or private hospitals. The estates of persons with mental illness who may be treated or confined in any county hospital or home, or in any private hospital or sanatorium, and the estates of persons legally bound for their support, shall be liable to the regional administrator of the person’s county of […]
Section 230.19 – Nonresidents liable to state — presumption.
230.19 Nonresidents liable to state — presumption. The estates of all nonresident patients provided for and treated in state hospitals for persons with mental illness in this state, and all persons legally bound for the support of such patients, shall be liable to the state for the reasonable value of the care, maintenance, and treatment […]
Section 230.20 – Billing of patient charges — computation of actual costs — cost settlement.
230.20 Billing of patient charges — computation of actual costs — cost settlement. 1. The superintendent of each mental health institute shall compute by February 1 the average daily patient charges and other service charges for which each regional administrator of a person’s county of residence will be billed for services provided to the person […]
Section 230.21 – Notice to county of residence.
230.21 Notice to county of residence. The regional administrator shall furnish to the board of supervisors of the county of residence a list of the names of the persons who are residents of that county and eligible for mental health and disability services funding. [R60, §1487; C73, §1428; C97, §2292; S13, §2292; C24, 27, 31, […]
Section 230.22 – Penalty.
230.22 Penalty. If a regional administrator fails to pay the amount billed by a statement submitted pursuant to section 230.20 within forty-five days from the date the statement is received by the regional administrator, the department shall charge the delinquent regional administrator the penalty of one percent per month on and after forty-five days from […]
Section 230.25 – Financial investigation by supervisors.
230.25 Financial investigation by supervisors. 1. Upon receipt from the regional administrator for mental health and disability services of the list of names furnished pursuant to section 230.21, the board of supervisors of the county of residence shall make an investigation to determine the ability of each person whose name appears on the list, and […]
Section 230.26 – Regional administrator to keep record.
230.26 Regional administrator to keep record. The regional administrator shall keep an accurate account of the cost of the maintenance of any patient kept in any institution as provided for in this chapter and keep an index of the names of the persons admitted or committed from each county in the region. The name of […]
Section 230.27 – Board and county attorney to collect.
230.27 Board and county attorney to collect. It shall be the duty of the board of supervisors to collect said claims and direct the county attorney to proceed with the collection of said claims as a part of the duties of the county attorney’s office. [C39, §3604.3; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, […]
Section 230.30 – Claim against estate.
230.30 Claim against estate. On the death of a person receiving or who has received assistance under the provisions of this chapter, and whom the board has previously found, under section 230.25, is able to pay there shall be allowed against the estate of such decedent a claim of the sixth class for that portion […]