230.1 Definitions. As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. “Administrator” means the administrator of the department of human services assigned, in accordance with section 218.1, to control the state mental health institutes, or that administrator’s designee. 2. “Book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, […]
230.10 Payment of costs. All legal costs and expenses attending the taking into custody, care, investigation, and admission or commitment of a person to a state hospital for persons with mental illness under a finding that the person has residency in another county of this state shall be charged against the regional administrator of the […]
230.11 Recovery of costs from state. Costs and expenses attending the taking into custody, care, and investigation of a person who has been admitted or committed to a state hospital, United States department of veterans affairs hospital, or other agency of the United States government, for persons with mental illness and who has no residence […]
230.12 Residency disputes. If a dispute arises between different counties or between the administrator and a regional administrator for a county as to the residence of a person admitted or committed to a state hospital for persons with mental illness, the dispute shall be resolved as provided in section 331.394. [C73, §1418; C97, §2270, 2282; […]
230.13 Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §55 .
230.14 Repealed by 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §55 .
230.15 Personal liability. 1. A person with mental illness and a person legally liable for the person’s support remain liable for the support of the person with mental illness as provided in this section. Persons legally liable for the support of a person with mental illness include the spouse of the person, and any person […]
230.16 Presumption. In actions to enforce the liability imposed by section 230.15, the certificate from the superintendent to the regional administrator of the person’s county of residence stating the sums charged in such cases, shall be presumptively correct. [R60, §1488; C73, §1433; C97, §2297; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3596; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
230.1A Liability of county and state. 1. The necessary and legal costs and expenses attending the taking into custody, care, investigation, admission, commitment, and support of a person with mental illness admitted or committed to a state hospital shall be paid by the regional administrator on behalf of the person’s county of residence or by […]
230.2 Finding of residence. If a person’s residency status is disputed, the residency shall be determined in accordance with section 331.394. Otherwise, the district court may, when the person is ordered placed in a hospital for psychiatric examination and appropriate treatment, or as soon thereafter as the court obtains the proper information, make one of […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
230.3 Certification of residence. If a person’s county of residence is determined by the regional administrator for a county to be in another county of this state, the regional administrator making the determination shall certify the determination to the superintendent of the hospital to which the person is admitted or committed. The certification shall be […]
