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IA Code § 228.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 228 - DISCLOSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION|Section 228.7 - Disclosures for claims administration and peer review — safeguards — penalty.

228.7 Disclosures for claims administration and peer review — safeguards — penalty.   1. Mental health information may be disclosed, in accordance with the prior written consent of the patient or the patient’s legal representative, by a mental health professional, data collector, or employee or agent of a mental health professional, a data collector, or a mental health facility to a third-party payor or to a peer review organization if the third-party payor or the peer review organization has filed a written statement with the commissioner of insurance in which the filer agrees to:   a. Instruct its employees and agents to maintain the confidentiality of mental health information and of the penalty for unauthorized disclosure.   b. Comply with the limitations on use and disclosure of the information specified in subsection 2 of this section.   c. Destroy the information when it is no longer needed for the purposes specified in subsection 2 of this section.   2. a. An employee or agent of a third-party payor or of a peer review organization shall not use mental health information or disclose mental health information to any person, except to the extent necessary to administer claims submitted or to be submitted for payment to the third-party payor, to conduct a utilization and quality control review of mental health care services provided or proposed to be provided, to conduct an audit of claims paid, or as otherwise authorized by law.   b. Employees of a self-insured employer, and agents of a self-insured employer which have not filed a statement with the commissioner of insurance pursuant to subsection 1, shall not be granted routine or ongoing access to mental health information unless the employees or agents have signed a statement indicating that they are aware that the information shall not be used or disclosed except as provided in this subsection and that they are aware of the penalty for unauthorized disclosure.   3. An employee or agent of a third-party payor or a peer review organization who willfully uses or discloses mental health information in violation of subsection 2 of this section is guilty of a serious misdemeanor, and, notwithstanding section 903.1, the sentence for a person convicted under this subsection is a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars in the case of a first offense, and not to exceed five thousand dollars in the case of each subsequent offense.  88 Acts, ch 1226, §1; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263  Referred to in §228.2
IA Code § 228.7A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 228 - DISCLOSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION|Section 228.7A - Disclosures to law enforcement professionals.

228.7A Disclosures to law enforcement professionals.   1. Mental health information relating to an individual may be disclosed by a mental health professional, at the minimum consistent with applicable laws and standards of ethical conduct, to a law enforcement professional if all of the following apply:   a. The disclosure is made in good faith.   b. The disclosure is necessary to prevent or lessen a serious and imminent threat to the health or safety of the individual or to a clearly identifiable victim or victims.   c. The individual has the apparent intent and ability to carry out the threat.   2. A mental health professional shall not be held criminally or civilly liable for failure to disclose mental health information relating to an individual to a law enforcement professional except in circumstances where the individual has communicated to the mental health professional an imminent threat of physical violence against the individual’s self or against a clearly identifiable victim or victims.   3. A mental health professional discharges the professional’s duty to disclose pursuant to subsection 1 by making reasonable efforts to communicate the threat to a law enforcement professional.  2018 Acts, ch 1056, §6
IA Code § 228.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 228 - DISCLOSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION|Section 228.8 - Disclosures to family members.

228.8 Disclosures to family members.   1. A mental health professional or an employee of or agent for a mental health facility may disclose mental health information to the spouse, parent, adult child, or adult sibling of an individual who has chronic mental illness, if all of the following conditions are met:   a. The disclosure is necessary to assist in the provision of care or monitoring of the individual’s treatment.   b. The spouse, parent, adult child, or adult sibling is directly involved in providing care to or monitoring the treatment of the individual.   c. The involvement of the spouse, parent, adult child, or adult sibling is verified by the individual’s attending physician, attending mental health professional, or a person other than the spouse, parent, adult child, or adult sibling who is responsible for providing treatment to the individual.   2. A request for mental health information by a person authorized to receive such information under this section shall be in writing, except in an emergency as determined by the mental health professional verifying the involvement of the spouse, parent, adult child, or adult sibling.   3. Unless the individual has been adjudged incompetent, the person verifying the involvement of the spouse, parent, adult child, or adult sibling shall notify the individual of the disclosure of the individual’s mental health information under this section.   4. Mental health information disclosed under this section is limited to the following:   a. A summary of the individual’s diagnosis and prognosis.   b. A listing of the medication which the individual has received and is receiving and the individual’s record of compliance in taking medication prescribed for the previous six months.   c. A description of the individual’s treatment plan.  90 Acts, ch 1079, §1  Referred to in §228.2
IA Code § 228.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 228 - DISCLOSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION|Section 228.9 - Disclosure of psychological test material.

228.9 Disclosure of psychological test material.   Except as otherwise provided in this section, a person in possession of psychological test material shall not disclose the material to any other person, including the individual who is a subject of the test. In addition, the test material shall not be disclosed in any administrative, judicial, or legislative proceeding. However, upon the request of an individual who is the subject of a test, all records associated with a psychological test of that individual shall be disclosed to a psychologist licensed pursuant to chapter 154B designated by the individual. An individual’s request for the records shall be in writing and shall comply with the requirements of section 228.3, relating to voluntary disclosures of mental health information, except that the individual shall not have the right to inspect the test materials.  94 Acts, ch 1159, §1
IA Code § 229.1A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.1A - Legislative intent.

229.1A Legislative intent.   As mental illness is often a continuing condition which is subject to wide and unpredictable changes in condition and fluctuations in reoccurrence and remission, this chapter shall be liberally construed to give recognition to these medical facts.  89 Acts, ch 275, §2
IA Code § 229.1B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.1B - Regional administrator.

229.1B Regional administrator.   Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to the contrary, any person whose hospitalization expenses are payable in whole or in part by a mental health and disability services region shall be subject to all administrative requirements of the regional administrator for the county.  96 Acts, ch 1183, §19; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §33; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §59; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §29, 161, 162
IA Code § 229.2A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.2A - Dual filings.

229.2A Dual filings. Repealed by 2013 Acts, ch 130, §55.
IA Code § 229.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.3 - Discharge of voluntary patients.

229.3 Discharge of voluntary patients.   Any voluntary patient who has recovered, or whose hospitalization the chief medical officer of the hospital determines is no longer advisable, shall be discharged. Any voluntary patient may be discharged if to do so would in the judgment of the chief medical officer contribute to the most effective use of the hospital in the care and treatment of that patient and of other persons with mental illness.  [C77, 79, 81, §229.3]  96 Acts, ch 1129, §113  Referred to in §226.19
IA Code § 229.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.4 - Right to release on application.

229.4 Right to release on application.   A voluntary patient who requests release or whose release is requested, in writing, by the patient’s legal guardian, parent, spouse or adult next of kin shall be released from the hospital forthwith, except that:   1. If the patient was admitted on the patient’s own application and the request for release is made by some other person, release may be conditioned upon the agreement of the patient.   2. If the patient is a minor who was admitted on the application of the patient’s parent, guardian or custodian pursuant to section 229.2, subsection 1, the patient’s release prior to becoming eighteen years of age may be conditioned upon the consent of the parent, guardian or custodian, or upon the approval of the juvenile court if the admission was approved by the juvenile court; and   3. If the chief medical officer of the hospital, not later than the end of the next secular day on which the office of the clerk of the district court for the county in which the hospital is located is open and which follows the submission of the written request for release of the patient, files with that clerk a certification that in the chief medical officer’s opinion the patient is seriously mentally impaired, the release may be postponed for the period of time the court determines is necessary to permit commencement of judicial procedure for involuntary hospitalization. That period of time may not exceed five days, exclusive of days on which the clerk’s office is not open unless the period of time is extended by order of a district court judge for good cause shown. Until disposition of the application for involuntary hospitalization of the patient, if one is timely filed, the chief medical officer may detain the patient in the hospital and may provide treatment which is necessary to preserve the patient’s life, or to appropriately control behavior by the patient which is likely to result in physical injury to the patient or to others if allowed to continue, but may not otherwise provide treatment to the patient without the patient’s consent.  [C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.41; C77, 79, 81, §229.4]  Referred to in §229.23
IA Code § 229.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.5 - Departure without notice.

229.5 Departure without notice.   If a voluntary patient departs from the hospital without notice, and in the opinion of the chief medical officer the patient is seriously mentally impaired, the chief medical officer may file an application on the departed voluntary patient pursuant to section 229.6, and request that an order for immediate custody be entered by the court pursuant to section 229.11.  [C77, 79, 81, §229.5]  2013 Acts, ch 130, §42
IA Code § 229.5A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.5A - Preapplication screening assessment — program.

229.5A Preapplication screening assessment — program.   Prior to filing an application pursuant to section 229.6, the clerk of the district court or the clerk’s designee shall inform the interested person referred to in section 229.6, subsection 1, about the option of requesting a preapplication screening assessment through a preapplication screening assessment program, if available.  2012 Acts, ch 1079, §9; 2013 Acts, ch 130, §43; 2018 Acts, ch 1165, §133  Referred to in §229.6
IA Code § 229.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.6 - Application for order of involuntary hospitalization.

229.6 Application for order of involuntary hospitalization.   1. Proceedings for the involuntary hospitalization of an individual pursuant to this chapter or for the involuntary commitment or treatment of a person with a substance-related disorder to a facility pursuant to chapter 125 may be commenced by any interested person by filing a verified application with the clerk of the district court of the county where the respondent is presently located, or which is the respondent’s place of residence. The clerk, or the clerk’s designee, shall assist the applicant in completing the application.   2. The application shall:   a. State the applicant’s belief that the respondent is a person who presents a danger to self or others and lacks judgmental capacity due to either of the following:   (1) A substance-related disorder as defined in section 125.2.   (2) A serious mental impairment as defined in section 229.1.   b. State facts in support of each belief described in paragraph “a”.   c. Be accompanied by any of the following:   (1) A written statement of a licensed physician or mental health professional in support of the application.   (2) One or more supporting affidavits otherwise corroborating the application.   (3) Corroborative information obtained and reduced to writing by the clerk or the clerk’s designee, but only when circumstances make it infeasible to comply with, or when the clerk considers it appropriate to supplement the information supplied pursuant to, either subparagraph (1) or (2).   3. Prior to the filing of an application pursuant to this section, the clerk or the clerk’s designee shall inform the interested person referred to in subsection 1 about the option of requesting a preapplication screening assessment pursuant to section 229.5A.   4. The supreme court shall prescribe rules and establish forms as necessary to carry out the provisions of this section.  [R60, §1480; C73, §1399; C97, §2264; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3544; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.1; C77, 79, 81, §229.6]  2012 Acts, ch 1079, §10; 2013 Acts, ch 130, §44; 2017 Acts, ch 34, §12  Referred to in §218.92, 222.7, 225.11, 226.31, 227.10, 227.15, 229.1, 229.5, 229.5A, 229.6A, 229.7, 229.8, 229.9, 229.19, 229.21, 229.22, 229.24, 229.26, 229.27, 229.38, 331.910  Summary of involuntary commitment procedures available from clerk; see §229.45
IA Code § 229.6A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.6A - Hospitalization of minors — jurisdiction — due process.

229.6A Hospitalization of minors — jurisdiction — due process.   1. Notwithstanding section 229.11, the juvenile court has exclusive original jurisdiction in proceedings concerning a minor for whom an application is filed under section 229.6 or for whom an application for voluntary admission is made under section 229.2, subsection 1, to which the minor objects. In proceedings under this chapter concerning a minor, notwithstanding section 229.11, the term “court”, “judge”, or “clerk” means the juvenile court, judge, or clerk.   2. The procedural requirements of this chapter are applicable to minors involved in hospitalization proceedings pursuant to subsection 1 and placement proceedings pursuant to section 229.14A.   3. It is the intent of this chapter that when a minor is involuntarily or voluntarily hospitalized or hospitalized with juvenile court approval over the minor’s objection the minor’s family shall be included in counseling sessions offered during the minor’s stay in a hospital when feasible. Prior to the discharge of the minor the juvenile court may, after a hearing, order that the minor’s family be evaluated and therapy ordered if necessary to facilitate the return of the minor to the family setting.  87 Acts, ch 90, §3; 92 Acts, ch 1124, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 155, §29; 2013 Acts, ch 130, §45  Referred to in §218.92, 222.7, 226.31, 227.10, 227.15, 229.19, 229.22, 229.24, 229.26, 229.38, 602.6405
IA Code § 229.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.7 - Service of notice upon respondent.

229.7 Service of notice upon respondent.   Upon the filing of an application pursuant to section 229.6, the clerk shall docket the case and immediately notify a district court judge, district associate judge, or magistrate who is admitted to the practice of law in this state, who shall review the application and accompanying documentation. If the application is adequate as to form, the court may set a time and place for a hearing on the application, if feasible, but the hearing shall not be held less than forty-eight hours after notice to the respondent unless the respondent waives such minimum prior notice requirement. The court shall direct the clerk to send copies of the application and supporting documentation, together with a notice informing the respondent of the procedures required by this chapter, to the sheriff or the sheriff’s deputy for immediate service upon the respondent. If the respondent is taken into custody under section 229.11, service of the application, documentation and notice upon the respondent shall be made at the time the respondent is taken into custody.  [R60, §1480; C73, §1400; C97, §2265; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3545; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.2; C77, 79, 81, §229.7]  91 Acts, ch 108, §4; 2013 Acts, ch 130, §46  Referred to in §218.92, 222.7, 226.31, 227.10, 227.15, 229.19, 229.21, 229.22, 229.24, 229.26, 229.38, 229.45, 331.653
IA Code § 229.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.8 - Procedure after application is filed.

229.8 Procedure after application is filed.   As soon as practicable after the filing of an application pursuant to section 229.6, the court shall:   1. Determine whether the respondent has an attorney who is able and willing to represent the respondent in the hospitalization proceeding, and if not, whether the respondent is financially able to employ an attorney and capable of meaningfully assisting in selecting one. In accordance with those determinations, the court shall if necessary allow the respondent to select, or shall assign to the respondent, an attorney. If the respondent is financially unable to pay an attorney, the attorney shall be compensated by the mental health and disability services region at an hourly rate to be established by the regional administrator for the county in which the proceeding is held in substantially the same manner as provided in section 815.7.   2. Cause copies of the application and supporting documentation to be sent to the county attorney or the county attorney’s attorney-designate for review.   3. Issue a written order which shall:   a. If not previously done, set a time and place for a hospitalization hearing, which shall be at the earliest practicable time not less than forty-eight hours after notice to the respondent, unless the respondent waives such minimum prior notice requirement; and   b. Order an examination of the respondent, prior to the hearing, by one or more licensed physicians or mental health professionals who shall submit a written report on the examination to the court as required by section 229.10.  [C73, §1400; C97, §2265; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3548, 3549; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.5, 229.6; C77, 79, 81, §229.8]  99 Acts, ch 135, §18; 2013 Acts, ch 130, §47; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §61; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §31, 161, 162; 2017 Acts, ch 34, §13  Referred to in §218.92, 222.7, 225C.16, 226.31, 227.10, 227.15, 229.9, 229.9A, 229.14A, 229.19, 229.21, 229.22, 229.24, 229.26, 229.38
IA Code § 229.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.9 - Respondent’s attorney informed.

229.9 Respondent’s attorney informed.   The court shall direct the clerk to furnish at once to the respondent’s attorney copies of the application filed pursuant to section 229.6 and the supporting documentation, and of the court’s order issued pursuant to section 229.8, subsection 3. If the respondent is taken into custody under section 229.11, the attorney shall also be advised of that fact. The respondent’s attorney shall represent the respondent at all stages of the proceedings, and shall attend the hospitalization hearing.  [C77, 79, 81, §229.9]  2013 Acts, ch 130, §48  Referred to in §218.92, 222.7, 226.31, 227.10, 227.15, 229.19, 229.21, 229.22, 229.24, 229.26, 229.38
IA Code § 229.9A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.9A - Advocate informed.

229.9A Advocate informed.   The clerk shall furnish the advocate appointed for the county in which an application is completed a copy of the application and any order issued pursuant to section 229.8, subsection 3. The advocate may attend the hospitalization hearing of any respondent for whom the advocate has received notice of a hospitalization hearing.  94 Acts, ch 1027, §1; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §99, 130; 2015 Acts, ch 76, §2  Referred to in §218.92, 222.7, 226.31, 227.10, 227.15, 229.19, 229.21, 229.22, 229.24, 229.26, 229.38