230.9 - SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERY OF RESIDENCE.
230.9 SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERY OF RESIDENCE.
If, after a person has been received by a state hospital for
persons with mental illness as a state case patient whose legal
settlement is supposed to be outside this state or unknown, the
administrator determines that the legal settlement of the person 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 person 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. The costs and expenses shall be
collected as provided by law in other cases. 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. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2727-a28a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3589; C46, 50, 54,
58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 230.9] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §49