2016 Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 225C - MENTAL HEALTH AND DISABILITY SERVICES
Section 225C.28B - Rights of persons with an intellectual disability, developmental disabilities, brain injury, or chronic mental illness.

225C.28B

Rights of persons with an intellectual disability, developmental disabilities, brain injury, or chronic mental illness.

All of the following rights shall apply to a person with an intellectual disability, a developmental disability, brain injury, or chronic mental illness:

1.

Wage protection.

A person with an intellectual disability, a developmental disability, brain injury, or chronic mental illness engaged in work programs shall be paid wages commensurate with the going rate for comparable work and productivity.

2.

Insurance protection.

Pursuant to section 507B.4, subsection 3, paragraph “g”, a person or designated group of persons shall not be denied insurance coverage by reason of an intellectual disability, a developmental disability, brain injury, or chronic mental illness.

3.

Due process.

A person with an intellectual disability, a developmental disability, brain injury, or chronic mental illness retains the right to citizenship in accordance with the laws of the state.

4.

Participation in planning activities.

If an individual treatment, habilitation, and program plan is developed for a person with an intellectual disability, a developmental disability, brain injury, or chronic mental illness, the person has the right to participate in the formulation of the plan.

92 Acts, ch 1241, §67; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §72; 2012 Acts, ch 1023, §148

Referred to in §225C.25, §225C.29