IOWA STATUTES AND CODES
225.17 - COMMITTED PRIVATE PATIENT -- TREATMENT.
225.17 COMMITTED PRIVATE PATIENT -- TREATMENT.
1. If the judge of the district court finds pursuant to section
225.11 that the respondent is an appropriate subject for placement at
the state psychiatric hospital, and that the respondent, or those
legally responsible for the respondent, are able to pay the expenses
associated with the placement, the judge shall enter an order
directing that the respondent shall be sent to the state psychiatric
hospital at the state university of Iowa for observation, treatment,
and hospital care as a committed private patient.
2. When the respondent arrives at the hospital, the respondent
shall receive the same treatment as is provided for committed public
patients in section 225.15, in compliance with sections 229.13 to
229.16. However, observation, treatment, and hospital care under
this section of a respondent whose expenses are payable in whole or
in part by a county shall only be provided as determined through the
central point of coordination process. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, § 3971; C39, § 3482.17; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62,
66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 225.17] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1183, § 11; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §33; 2006 Acts, ch
1059, §6