Iowa Code § 222.65

If an application is made for placement of a person in a state resource center or special unit, the administrator shall immediately investigate the legal settlement of the person and proceed as follows:

1. If the administrator concurs with a certified determination as to legal settlement of the person so that the person is deemed a state case, the administrator shall cause the person either to be transferred to a resource center or a special unit or to be transferred to the place of foreign settlement.

2. If the administrator disputes a certified determination of legal settlement, the administrator shall order the person transferred to a state resource center or a special unit until the dispute is resolved.

3. If the administrator disputes a certified determination of legal settlement, the administrator shall utilize the procedure provided in section 225C.8 to resolve the dispute. A determination of the person’s legal settlement status made pursuant to section 225C.8 is conclusive.

For future amendment to this section, effective July 1, 2013, see 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §80, 130