222.78 - PARENTS AND OTHERS LIABLE FOR SUPPORT.
222.78 PARENTS AND OTHERS LIABLE FOR SUPPORT.
The father and mother of any patient admitted or committed to a
resource center or to a special unit, as either an inpatient or an
outpatient, and any person, firm, or corporation bound by contract
made for support of the patient are liable for the support of the
patient. The patient and those legally bound for the support of the
patient shall be liable to the county for all sums advanced by the
county to the state under the provisions of sections 222.60 and
222.77. The liability of any person, other than the patient, who is
legally bound for the support of a patient who is under eighteen
years of age in a resource center or a special unit shall not exceed
the average minimum cost of the care of a normally intelligent minor
without a disability of the same age and sex as the minor patient.
The administrator shall establish the scale for this purpose but the
scale shall not exceed the standards for personal allowances
established by the state division under the family investment
program. The father or mother shall incur liability only during any
period when the father or mother either individually or jointly
receive a net income from whatever source, commensurate with that
upon which they would be liable to make an income tax payment to this
state. The father or mother of a patient shall not be liable for the
support of the patient upon the patient attaining eighteen years of
age. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a
relative or other person from voluntarily paying the full actual cost
as established by the administrator for caring for the patient with
mental retardation. Section History: Early Form
[C39, § 3477.5; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 223.16, 223.20; C66,
71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.78] Section History: Recent Form
93 Acts, ch 97, § 27; 98 Acts, ch 1218, §70; 2000 Acts, ch 1112,
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Referred to in § 218.78, 222.13, 222.18, 222.31, 222.79, 222.80,
222.81, 226.8, 234.39, 331.381