Iowa Code § 222.86
Payment for care from fund
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
If a patient is not receiving medical assistance under chapter 249A and the amount in the account of any patient in the patients’ personal deposit fund exceeds two hundred dollars, the business manager of the resource center or special unit may apply any amount of the excess to reimburse the county of legal settlement or the state in a case where no legal settlement exists for liability incurred by the county or the state for the payment of care, support, and maintenance of the patient, when billed by the county of legal settlement or by the administrator for a patient having no legal settlement.
If a patient is not receiving medical assistance under chapter 249A and the amount in the account of any patient in the patients’ personal deposit fund exceeds two hundred dollars, the department may apply any amount of the excess to reimburse the state for liability incurred by the state for the payment of care, support, and maintenance of the patient when billed by the state.
2024 amendment effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §137
Section amended
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