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IA Code § 227.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.4 - Standards for care of persons with mental illness or an intellectual disability in county care facilities.

227.4 Standards for care of persons with mental illness or an intellectual disability in county care facilities.   The administrator, in cooperation with the department of inspections and appeals, shall recommend and the mental health and disability services commission created in section 225C.5 shall adopt, or amend and adopt, standards for the care of and services to persons with mental illness or an intellectual disability residing in county care facilities. The standards shall be enforced by the department of inspections and appeals as a part of the licensure inspection conducted pursuant to chapter 135C. The objective of the standards is to ensure that persons with mental illness or an intellectual disability who are residents of county care facilities are not only adequately fed, clothed, and housed, but are also offered reasonable opportunities for productive work and recreational activities suited to their physical and mental abilities and offering both a constructive outlet for their energies and, if possible, therapeutic benefit. When recommending standards under this section, the administrator shall designate an advisory committee representing administrators of county care facilities, regional administrators, mental health and disability services region governing boards, and county care facility certified volunteer long-term care ombudsmen to assist in the establishment of standards.  [S81, §227.4; 81 Acts, ch 78, §20, 34]  85 Acts, ch 122, §2; 94 Acts, ch 1170, §37; 99 Acts, ch 129, §11; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §7; 2005 Acts, ch 175, §98; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §389; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §78; 2013 Acts, ch 18, §17; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §52  Referred to in §225C.4, 227.2
IA Code § 227.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.6 - Removal of residents.

227.6 Removal of residents.   If a county care facility fails to comply with rules and standards adopted under this chapter, the administrator may remove all persons with mental illness and all persons with an intellectual disability cared for in the county care facility at public expense, to the proper state mental health institute or resource center, or to some private or county institution or hospital for the care of persons with mental illness or an intellectual disability that has complied with the rules prescribed by the administrator. Residents being transferred to a state mental health institute or resource center shall be accompanied by an attendant or attendants sent from the institute or resource center. If a resident is transferred under this section, at least one attendant shall be of the same sex. If the administrator finds that the needs of residents with mental illness and residents with an intellectual disability of any other county or private institution are not being adequately met, those residents may be removed from that institution upon order of the administrator.  [S13, §2727-a63; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3522; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §227.6; 81 Acts, ch 78, §20, 35]  90 Acts, ch 1204, §46; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §56; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §79  Referred to in §229.15
IA Code § 227.7 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.7 - Cost — collection from county.

227.7 Cost — collection from county.   The cost of such removal, including all expenses of said attendant, shall be certified by the superintendent of the hospital receiving the patient, to the director of the department of administrative services, who shall draw a warrant upon the treasurer of state for said sum, which shall be credited to the support fund of said hospital and charged against the general revenues of the state and collected by the director of the department of administrative services from the county which sent said patient to said institution.  [S13, §2727-a63; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3523; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.7]  2003 Acts, ch 145, §286  Referred to in §227.10
IA Code § 227.8 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.8 - Notification to guardians.

227.8 Notification to guardians.   The administrator shall notify the guardian, or one or more of the relatives, of patients kept at private expense, of all violations of said rules by said private or county institutions, and of the action of the administrator as to all other patients.  [S13, §2727-a63; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3524; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.8]
IA Code § 227.9 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.9 - Investigating mental health.

227.9 Investigating mental health.   Should the administrator believe that any person in any such county or private institution is in good mental health, or illegally restrained of liberty, the administrator shall institute and prosecute proceedings in the name of the state, before the proper officer, board, or court, for the discharge of such person.  [S13, §2727-a63; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3525; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.9]
IA Code § 227.10 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.10 - Transfers from county or private institutions.

227.10 Transfers from county or private institutions.   Patients who have been admitted at public expense to any institution to which this chapter is applicable may be involuntarily transferred to the proper state hospital for persons with mental illness in the manner prescribed by sections 229.6 to 229.13. The application required by section 229.6 may be filed by the administrator of the division or the administrator’s designee, or by the administrator of the institution where the patient is then being maintained or treated. If the patient was admitted to that institution involuntarily, the administrator of the division may arrange and complete the transfer, and shall report it as required of a chief medical officer under section 229.15, subsection 5. The transfer shall be made at the mental health and disability services region’s expense, and the expense recovered, as provided in section 227.7. However, transfer under this section of a patient whose expenses are payable in whole or in part by the mental health and disability services region is subject to an authorization for the transfer through the regional administrator for the patient’s county of residence.  [S13, §2727-a64; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3526; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.10]  96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 96 Acts, ch 1183, §17; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §33; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §53; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §27, 161, 162  Referred to in §227.12
IA Code § 227.11 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.11 - Transfers from state hospitals.

227.11 Transfers from state hospitals.   A regional administrator for the county chargeable with the expense of a patient in a state hospital for persons with mental illness shall transfer the patient to a county or private institution for persons with mental illness that is in compliance with the applicable rules when the administrator of the division or the administrator’s designee orders the transfer on a finding that the patient is suffering from a serious mental illness and will receive equal benefit by being so transferred. A mental health and disability services region shall transfer to a county care facility any patient in a state hospital for persons with mental illness upon request of the superintendent of the state hospital in which the patient is confined pursuant to the superintendent’s authority under section 229.15, subsection 5, and approval by the regional administrator for the county of the patient’s residence. In no case shall a patient be thus transferred except upon compliance with section 229.14A or without the written consent of a relative, friend, or guardian if such relative, friend, or guardian pays the expense of the care of such patient in a state hospital. Patients transferred to a public or private facility under this section may subsequently be placed on convalescent or limited leave or transferred to a different facility for continued full-time custody, care, and treatment when, in the opinion of the attending physician or the chief medical officer of the hospital from which the patient was so transferred, the best interest of the patient would be served by such leave or transfer. For any patient who is involuntarily committed, any transfer made under this section is subject to the placement hearing requirements of section 229.14A.  [S13, §2727-a64; C24, 27, 31, 35, §3527, 3528; C39, §3527; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.11]  96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2001 Acts, ch 155, §44; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §54  Referred to in §227.12, 230.15, 331.381
IA Code § 227.12 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.12 - Difference of opinion.

227.12 Difference of opinion.   When a difference of opinion exists between the administrator of the division and the authorities in charge of any private or county hospital in regard to the transfer of a patient as provided in sections 227.10 and 227.11, the matter shall be submitted to the district court of the county in which such hospital is situated and shall be summarily tried as an equitable action, and the judgment of the district court shall be final.  [S13, §2727-a68; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3529; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.12]  2015 Acts, ch 69, §55
IA Code § 227.13 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.13 - Discharge of transferred patient.

227.13 Discharge of transferred patient.   Patients transferred from a state hospital to such county or private institutions shall not be discharged, when not cured, without the consent of the administrator of the division.  [S13, §2727-a64; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3530; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.13]
IA Code § 227.14 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.14 - Caring for persons with mental illness from other counties.

227.14 Caring for persons with mental illness from other counties.   The regional administrator for a county that does not have proper facilities for caring for persons with mental illness may, with the consent of the administrator of the division, provide for such care at the expense of the mental health and disability services region in any convenient and proper county or private institution for persons with mental illness which is willing to receive the persons.  [S13, §2727-a65; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3531; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.14]  96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §56; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §28, 161, 162  Referred to in §331.381
IA Code § 227.15 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.15 - Authority to confine in hospital.

227.15 Authority to confine in hospital.   No person shall be involuntarily confined and restrained in any private institution or hospital or county hospital or other general hospital with a psychiatric ward for the care or treatment of persons with mental illness, except by the procedure prescribed in sections 229.6 to 229.15.  [S13, §2727-a66; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3532; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §227.15]  96 Acts, ch 1129, §113
IA Code § 227.19 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 227 - FACILITIES FOR PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY|Section 227.19 - Administrator defined.

227.19 Administrator defined.   For the purpose of this chapter, “administrator” or “administrator of the division” means the person assigned, in accordance with section 218.1, to control the state mental health institutes or that person’s designee.  [C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, S81, §227.19; 81 Acts, ch 78, §20, 36]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 94 Acts, ch 1170, §38; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §36
IA Code § 228.2 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 228 - DISCLOSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION|Section 228.2 - Mental health information disclosure prohibited — exceptions — record of disclosure.

228.2 Mental health information disclosure prohibited — exceptions — record of disclosure.   1. Except as specifically authorized in subsection 4, section 228.3, 228.5, 228.6, 228.7, or 228.8, or for the purposes of care coordination as defined in section 135D.2 if not otherwise restricted by federal law or regulation, a mental health professional, data collector, or employee or agent of a mental health professional, of a data collector, or of or for a mental health facility shall not disclose or permit the disclosure of mental health information.   2. a. Upon disclosure of mental health information pursuant to subsection 4, section 228.3, 228.5, 228.6, 228.7, or 228.8, or for the purposes of care coordination as defined in section 135D.2 if not otherwise restricted by federal law or regulation, the person disclosing the mental health information shall enter a notation on and maintain the notation with the individual’s record of mental health information, stating the date of the disclosure and the name of the recipient of mental health information.   b. The person disclosing the mental health information shall give the recipient of the information a statement which informs the recipient that disclosures may only be made pursuant to the written authorization of an individual or an individual’s legal representative, or as otherwise provided in this chapter, that the unauthorized disclosure of mental health information is unlawful, and that civil damages and criminal penalties may be applicable to the unauthorized disclosure of mental health information.   3. A recipient of mental health information shall not disclose the information received, except as specifically authorized for initial disclosure in subsection 4, section 228.3, 228.5, 228.6, 228.7, or 228.8, or for the purposes of care coordination as defined in section 135D.2 if not otherwise restricted by federal law or regulation.   4. Mental health information may be transferred at any time to another facility, physician, or mental health professional in cases of a medical emergency or if the individual or the individual’s legal representative requests the transfer in writing for the purposes of receipt of medical or mental health professional services, at which time the requirements of subsection 2 shall be followed.  86 Acts, ch 1082, §2; 88 Acts, ch 1226, §4, 5; 90 Acts, ch 1079, §2; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2016 Acts, ch 1055, §2, 3, 5, 6  Referred to in §228.5  See also §217.30 and 622.10
IA Code § 228.3 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 228 - DISCLOSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION|Section 228.3 - Voluntary disclosures.

228.3 Voluntary disclosures.   1. An individual eighteen years of age or older or an individual’s legal representative may consent to the disclosure of mental health information relating to the individual by a mental health professional, data collector, or employee or agent of a mental health professional, of a data collector, or of or for a mental health facility, by signing a voluntary written authorization. The authorization shall:   a. Specify the nature of the mental health information to be disclosed, the persons or type of persons authorized to disclose the information, and the purposes for which the information may be used both at the time of the disclosure and in the future.   b. Advise the individual of the individual’s right to inspect the disclosed mental health information at any time.   c. State that the authorization is subject to revocation and state the conditions of revocation.   d. Specify the length of time for which the authorization is valid.   e. Contain the date on which the authorization was signed.   2. A copy of the authorization shall:   a. Be provided to the individual or to the legal representative of the individual authorizing the disclosure.   b. Be included in the individual’s record of mental health information.  86 Acts, ch 1082, §3; 88 Acts, ch 1226, §6, 7, 9  Referred to in §228.2, 228.9
IA Code § 228.4 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 228 - DISCLOSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION|Section 228.4 - Revocation of disclosure authorization.

228.4 Revocation of disclosure authorization.   An individual or an individual’s legal representative may revoke a prior authorization by providing a written revocation to the recipient named in the authorization and to the mental health professional, data collector, or employee or agent of a mental health professional, of a data collector, or of or for a mental health facility previously authorized to disclose the mental health information. The revocation is effective upon receipt of the written revocation by the person previously authorized to disclose the mental health information. After the effective revocation date, mental health information shall not be disclosed pursuant to the revoked authorization. However, mental health information previously disclosed pursuant to the revoked authorization may be used for the purposes stated in the original written authorization.  86 Acts, ch 1082, §4
IA Code § 228.5 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 228 - DISCLOSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION|Section 228.5 - Administrative disclosures.

228.5 Administrative disclosures.   1. An individual or an individual’s legal representative shall be informed that mental health information relating to the individual may be disclosed to employees or agents of or for the same mental health facility or to other providers of professional services or their employees or agents if and to the extent necessary to facilitate the provision of administrative and professional services to the individual.   2. a. If an individual eighteen years of age or older or an individual’s legal representative has received a written notification that a fee is due a mental health professional or a mental health facility and has failed to arrange for payment of the fee within a reasonable time after the notification, the mental health professional or mental health facility may disclose administrative information necessary for the collection of the fee to a person or agency providing collection services.   b. If a civil action is filed for the collection of the fee, additional mental health information shall not be disclosed in the litigation, except to the extent necessary to respond to a motion of the individual or the individual’s legal representative for greater specificity or to dispute a defense or counterclaim.   3. A mental health professional or an employee of or agent for a mental health facility may disclose mental health information if necessary for the purpose of conducting scientific and data research, management audits, or program evaluations of the mental health professional or mental health facility, to persons who have demonstrated and provided written assurances of their ability to ensure compliance with the requirements of this chapter. The persons shall not identify, directly or indirectly, an individual in any report of the research, audits, or evaluations, or otherwise disclose individual identities in any manner. A disclosure under this section is not subject to the requirements of section 228.2, subsection 2, with the exception that a person receiving mental health information under this section shall be provided a statement prohibiting redisclosure of information unless otherwise authorized by this chapter.   4. Mental health information relating to an individual may be disclosed to other providers of professional services or their employees or agents if and to the extent necessary to facilitate the provision of administrative and professional services to the individual.  86 Acts, ch 1082, §5; 88 Acts, ch 1226, §8; 96 Acts, ch 1213, §33, 34; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263  Referred to in §228.2
IA Code § 228.6 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 228 - DISCLOSURE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND PSYCHOLOGICAL INFORMATION|Section 228.6 - Compulsory disclosures.

228.6 Compulsory disclosures.   1. A mental health professional or an employee of or agent for a mental health facility may disclose mental health information if and to the extent necessary, to meet the requirements of section 229.24, 229.25, 230.20, 230.21, 230.25, 230.26, 230A.108, 232.74, or 232.147, or to meet the compulsory reporting or disclosure requirements of other state or federal law relating to the protection of human health and safety.   2. Mental health information acquired by a mental health professional pursuant to a court-ordered examination may be disclosed pursuant to court rules.   3. Mental health information may be disclosed by a mental health professional if and to the extent necessary, to initiate or complete civil commitment proceedings under chapter 229.   4. a. Mental health information may be disclosed in a civil or administrative proceeding in which an individual eighteen years of age or older or an individual’s legal representative or, in the case of a deceased individual, a party claiming or defending through a beneficiary of the individual, offers the individual’s mental or emotional condition as an element of a claim or a defense.   b. Mental health information may be disclosed in a criminal proceeding pursuant to section 622.10, subsection 4.   5. An individual eighteen years of age or older or an individual’s legal representative or any other party in a civil, criminal, or administrative action, in which mental health information has been or will be disclosed, may move the court to denominate, style, or caption the names of all parties as “JOHN OR JANE DOE” or otherwise protect the anonymity of all of the parties.  86 Acts, ch 1082, §6; 2011 Acts, ch 8, §1, 3; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §51  Referred to in §228.2, 237.21