Section 222.13 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Voluntary admissions1. If an adult person is believed to be a person with an intellectual disability, the adult person or the adult person's guardian may apply to the department and the superintendent of any state resource center for the voluntary admission of the adult person either as an inpatient or an outpatient of the resource center. The superintendent shall accept the application if a preadmission diagnostic evaluation confirms or establishes the need for admission, except that an application shall not be accepted if the institution does not have adequate facilities available or if the acceptance will result in an overcrowded condition.2. If the resource center does not have an appropriate program for the treatment of an adult or minor person with an intellectual disability applying under this section or section 222.13A, the department shall arrange for the placement of the person in any public or private facility within or outside of the state, approved by the director, which offers appropriate services for the person. 3. If the expenses of an admission of an adult to a resource center or a special unit, or of the placement of the person in a public or private facility are payable in whole or in part by a mental health and disability services region, the regional administrator shall make a full investigation into the financial circumstances of the person and those liable for the person's support under section 222.78 to determine whether or not any of them are able to pay the expenses arising out of the admission of the person to a resource center, special unit, or public or private facility. If the regional administrator finds that the person or those legally responsible for the person are presently unable to pay the expenses, the regional administrator shall pay the expenses. The regional administrator may review such a finding at any subsequent time while the person remains at the resource center, or is otherwise receiving care or treatment for which this chapter obligates the region to pay. If the regional administrator finds upon review that the person or those legally responsible for the person are presently able to pay the expenses, the finding shall apply only to the charges incurred during the period beginning on the date of the review and continuing thereafter, unless and until the regional administrator again changes such a finding. If the regional administrator finds that the person or those legally responsible for the person are able to pay the expenses, the regional administrator shall collect the charges to the extent required by section 222.78, and the regional administrator shall be responsible for the payment of the remaining charges.Amended by 2024 Iowa, ch Chapter 1161,s 39, eff. 7/1/2025.Amended by 2023 Iowa, ch 19, s 428, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by 2015 Iowa, ch 69,s 7, eff. 7/1/2015.Amended by 2013 Iowa, ch 90, s 45, eff. 7/1/2013.C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3464, 3477.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 222.54, 223.13; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §222.13
83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 95 Acts, ch 82, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1183, §2; 97 Acts, ch 169, §2; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §33; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §28Referred to in §222.14, 222.15, 222.59, 331.381, 331.502
Subsection 2 amended
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.