Chapter 230 governs the determination of the costs and payment for treatment provided to persons with a substance use disorder in a mental health institute under the department, except that the charges are not a lien on real estate owned by persons legally liable for support of the person with a substance use disorder and the daily per diem shall be billed at twenty-five percent. The superintendent of a state mental health institute shall total only those expenditures which can be attributed to the cost of providing inpatient treatment to persons with a substance use disorder for purposes of determining the daily per diem. Section 125.44 governs the determination of who is legally liable for the cost of care, maintenance, and treatment of a person with a substance use disorder and of the amount for which the person is liable.
Iowa Code § 125.43
83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 84 Acts, ch 1067, §21; 86 Acts, ch 1001, §10; 90 Acts, ch 1085, §10; 2011 Acts, ch 121, § 38, 62; 2023 Acts, ch 19, § 105
Referred to in §125.3, 125.7, 125.20
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