Iowa Code § 230.8
Transfers of persons with mental illness — expenses
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Current — January 1, 2025
As of January 1, 2016
The transfer to any state hospitals or to the places of their residence of persons with mental illness who have no residence in this state or whose residence is unknown and deemed to be a state case, shall be made according to the directions of the administrator, and when practicable by employees of the state hospitals. The actual and necessary expenses of such transfers shall be paid on itemized vouchers sworn to by the claimants and approved by the administrator, and the amount of the expenses is appropriated to the department from any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated.
The transfer to any state mental health institute or to the places of their residence of persons with mental illness who have no residence in this state or whose residence is unknown, shall be made according to the directions of the department, and when practicable by employees of the state mental health institutes. The actual and necessary expenses of such transfers shall be paid by the department on itemized vouchers sworn to by the claimants and approved by the director.
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Appropriation limited for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 1993; see §8.59
96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §112, 130; 2016 Acts, ch 1138, §5; 2018 Acts, ch 1165, §71; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §555
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