Iowa Code § 230.1
Definitions
Redline — January 1, 2012 → current.View current text →
Current — January 1, 2026
As of January 1, 2012
1. The necessary and legal costs and expenses attending the taking into custody, care, investigation, admission, commitment, and support of a person with mental illness admitted or committed to a state hospital shall be paid by a county or by the state as follows:
a. By the county in which such person has a legal settlement, if the person is eighteen years of age or older.
b. By the state when such person has no legal settlement in this state, when the person’s legal settlement is unknown, or if the person is under eighteen years of age.
2. The legal settlement of any person found mentally ill who is a patient of any state institution shall be that existing at the time of admission thereto.
3. A county of legal settlement is not liable for costs and expenses associated with a person with mental illness unless the costs and expenses are for services and other support authorized for the person through the central point of coordination process. For the purposes of this chapter, “central point of coordination process” means the same as defined in section 331.440.
96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 96 Acts, ch 1183, §24; 98 Acts, ch 1181, §6, 7, 10; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §33
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
1. “Administrative service organization” means the same as defined in section 225A.1.
2. “Book”, “list”, “record”, or “schedule” kept by a county auditor, assessor, treasurer, recorder, sheriff, or other county officer means the county system as defined in section 445.1.
3. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
4. “Director” means the director of health and human services.
5. “State mental health institute” or “mental health institute” means a mental health institute designated in section 226.1.
Subsection 1 effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §137
2024 strike of subsections 4 and 5 effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §137
NEW subsection 1 and former subsections 1 – 3 renumbered as 2 – 4
Former subsections 4 and 5 stricken and former subsection 6 renumbered as 5
Official source: Iowa Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Iowa statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.