222.67 - CHARGE ON FINDING OF SETTLEMENT.
222.67 CHARGE ON FINDING OF SETTLEMENT.
If a person has been received into a resource center or a special
unit as a patient whose legal settlement is supposedly outside the
state or is unknown and the administrator determines that the legal
settlement of the patient was at the time of admission or commitment
in a county of this state, the administrator shall certify the
determination and charge all legal costs and expenses pertaining to
the admission or commitment and support of the patient to the county
of legal settlement. The certification shall be sent to the county
of legal settlement. The certification shall be accompanied by a
copy of the evidence supporting the determination. If the person's
legal settlement status has been determined in accordance with
section 225C.8, the legal costs and expenses shall be charged to the
county or as a state case in accordance with that determination. The
costs and expenses shall be collected as provided by law in other
cases. Section History: Early Form
[C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.67] Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §42
Referred to in § 331.381