The patients of the state mental health institutes, according to their different conditions of mind and body, and their respective needs, shall be provided for and treated with equal care. If in addition to mental illness a patient has a co-occurring intellectual disability, brain injury, or substance use disorder, the care provided shall also address the co-occurring needs.
Iowa Code § 226.10
Equal treatment
[C73, §1420; C97, §2284; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3492; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §226.10] 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §64; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §478
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