If a person escapes from a state correctional institution including but not limited to those institutions listed in section 904.102, all necessary and legal expenses incurred by that person while absent from the state institution shall be paid out of any moneys in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. The expenses shall be paid on claims filed with the department of administrative services.
Iowa Code § 904.507A
98 Acts, ch 1086, §5; 2003 Acts, ch 145, §286