Iowa Code § 222.77
Patients on leave
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Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
The cost of support of patients placed on convalescent leave or removed as a habilitation measure from a resource center, or a special unit, except when living in the home of a person legally bound for the support of the patient, shall be paid by the county of legal settlement. If the patient has no county of legal settlement, the cost shall be paid from the support fund of the resource center or special unit and charged on abstract in the same manner as other state inpatients until the patient becomes self-supporting or qualifies for support under other statutes.
The cost of support of patients placed on convalescent leave or removed as a habilitation measure from a resource center, except when living in the home of a person legally bound for the support of the patient, shall be paid by the state.
83 Acts, ch 123, §83, 209; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51
83 Acts, ch 123, §83, 209; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §87, 130; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §45, 137
Referred to in
2024 amendment effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §137
Section amended
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