2016 Iowa Code
Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES
Chapter 230 - SUPPORT OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS
Section 230.19 - Nonresidents liable to state — presumption.
230.19
Nonresidents liable to state — presumption.
The estates of all nonresident patients provided for and treated in state hospitals for persons with mental illness in this state, and all persons legally bound for the support of such patients, shall be liable to the state for the reasonable value of the care, maintenance, and treatment of such patients while in such hospitals. The certificate of the superintendent of the state hospital in which any nonresident is or has been a patient, showing the amounts drawn from the state treasury or due therefrom as provided by law on account of such nonresident patient, shall be presumptive evidence of the reasonable value of the care, maintenance, and treatment furnished such patient.
[S13, §2297-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3599; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §230.19]
96 Acts, ch 1129, §113
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