Iowa Code § 230.1

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. If the person is eighteen years of age or older, by the person’s county of residence.

b. By the state as a state case if such person has no residence in this state, if the person’s residence is unknown, or if the person is under eighteen years of age.

2. The county of residence of any person with mental illness who is a patient of any state institution shall be the person’s county of residence existing at the time of admission to the institution.

3. A county of residence 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; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §106, 130

*Section 331.440, implementing the central point of coordination process, is repealed; corrective legislation is pending

2012 amendment to this section takes effect July 1, 2013; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §130

Section amended