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Home » US Law » 2022 Iowa Code » Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES » Chapter 230 - SUPPORT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS » 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 residence for the reasonable cost of such support.

[R60, §1488; C73, §1433; C97, §2297; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3598; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §230.18]

96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2018 Acts, ch 1137, §12