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IA Code § 229.14A (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.14A - Placement order — notice and hearing.

229.14A Placement order — notice and hearing.   1. With respect to a chief medical officer’s report made pursuant to section 229.14, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, “c”, or “d”, or any other provision of this chapter related to involuntary commitment for which the court issues a placement order or a transfer of placement is authorized, the court shall provide notice to the respondent and the respondent’s attorney or mental health advocate pursuant to section 229.19 concerning the placement order and the respondent’s right to request a placement hearing to determine if the order for placement or transfer of placement is appropriate.   2. The notice shall provide that a request for a placement hearing must be in writing and filed with the clerk within seven days of issuance of the placement order.   3. A request for a placement hearing may be signed by the respondent, the respondent’s next friend, guardian, or attorney.   4. The court, on its own motion, may order a placement hearing to be held.   5. a. A placement hearing shall be held no sooner than four days and no later than seven days after the request for the placement hearing is filed unless otherwise agreed to by the parties.   b. The respondent may be transferred to the placement designated by the court’s placement order and receive treatment unless a request for hearing is filed prior to the transfer. If the request for a placement hearing is filed prior to the transfer, the court shall determine where the respondent shall be detained and treated until the date of the hearing.   c. If the respondent’s attorney has withdrawn pursuant to section 229.19, the court shall appoint an attorney for the respondent in the manner described in section 229.8, subsection 1.   6. Time periods shall be calculated for the purposes of this section excluding weekends and official holidays.   7. If a respondent’s expenses are payable in whole or in part by a mental health and disability services region through the regional administrator for the county, notice of a placement hearing shall be provided to the county attorney and the regional administrator. At the hearing, the county may present evidence regarding appropriate placement.   8. In a placement hearing, the court shall determine a placement for the respondent in accordance with the requirements of section 229.23, taking into consideration the evidence presented by all the parties.   9. A placement made pursuant to an order entered under section 229.13 or 229.14 or this section shall be considered to be authorized through the regional administrator for the county.  2001 Acts, ch 155, §33, 40; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §33; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §66; 2015 Acts, ch 138, §36, 161, 162; 2016 Acts, ch 1073, §80  Referred to in §218.92, 222.7, 225.15, 225.17, 226.31, 227.11, 227.15, 229.6A, 229.13, 229.15, 229.17, 229.21, 229.26, 229.38
IA Code § 229.14B (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.14B - Escape from custody.

229.14B Escape from custody.   A person who is placed in a hospital or other suitable facility for evaluation under section 229.13 or who is required to remain hospitalized for treatment under section 229.14 shall remain at that hospital or facility unless discharged or otherwise permitted to leave by the court or the chief medical officer of the hospital or facility. If a person placed at a hospital or facility or required to remain at a hospital or facility leaves the facility without permission or without having been discharged, the chief medical officer may notify the sheriff of the person’s absence and the sheriff shall take the person into custody and return the person promptly to the hospital or facility.  92 Acts, ch 1072, §4  C93, §229.14A  2001 Acts, ch 155, §32, 40  CS2001, §229.14B  Referred to in §218.92, 222.7, 225.15, 225.17, 226.31, 227.15, 229.17, 229.21, 229.26, 229.38
IA Code § 229.16 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.16 - Discharge and termination of proceeding.

229.16 Discharge and termination of proceeding.   When the condition of a patient who is hospitalized pursuant to a report issued under section 229.14, subsection 1, paragraph “b”, or is receiving treatment pursuant to a report issued under section 229.14, subsection 1, paragraph “c”, or is in full-time care and custody pursuant to a report issued under section 229.14, subsection 1, paragraph “d”, is such that in the opinion of the chief medical officer the patient no longer requires treatment or care for serious mental impairment, the chief medical officer shall tentatively discharge the patient and immediately report that fact to the court which ordered the patient’s hospitalization or care and custody. Upon receiving the report, the court shall issue an order confirming the patient’s discharge from the hospital or from care and custody, as the case may be, and shall terminate the proceedings pursuant to which the order was issued. Copies of the order shall be sent by regular mail to the hospital, the patient, and the applicant if the applicant has filed a written waiver signed by the patient.  [C77, 79, 81, §229.16]  89 Acts, ch 275, §5; 99 Acts, ch 144, §2; 2001 Acts, ch 155, §36  Referred to in §225.15, 225.17, 225.27, 226.18, 226.19, 229.17, 229.21, 229.26
IA Code § 229.17 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.17 - Status of respondent during appeal.

229.17 Status of respondent during appeal.   If a respondent appeals to the supreme court from a finding that the contention the respondent is seriously mentally impaired has been sustained, and the respondent was previously ordered taken into immediate custody under section 229.11 or has been hospitalized for psychiatric evaluation and appropriate treatment under section 229.13 before the court is informed of intent to appeal its finding, the respondent shall remain in custody as previously ordered by the court, the time limit stated in section 229.11 notwithstanding, or shall remain in the hospital subject to compliance by the hospital with sections 229.13 to 229.16, as the case may be, unless the supreme court orders otherwise. If a respondent appeals to the supreme court regarding a placement order, the respondent shall remain in placement unless the supreme court orders otherwise.  [C77, 79, 81, §229.17]  2001 Acts, ch 155, §37  Referred to in §229.21, 229.26
IA Code § 229.18 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.18 - Status of respondent if hospitalization is delayed.

229.18 Status of respondent if hospitalization is delayed.   When the court directs that a respondent who was previously ordered taken into immediate custody under section 229.11 be placed in a hospital for psychiatric evaluation and appropriate treatment under section 229.13, and no suitable hospital can immediately admit the respondent, the respondent shall remain in custody as previously ordered by the court, the time limit stated in section 229.11 notwithstanding, until a suitable hospital can admit the respondent. The court shall take appropriate steps to expedite the admission of the respondent to a suitable hospital at the earliest feasible time.  [R60, §1436; C73, §1403; C97, §2271; S13, §2271; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3564; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.24; C77, 79, 81, §229.18]  Referred to in §229.21, 229.26
IA Code § 229.24 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.24 - Records of involuntary hospitalization proceeding to be confidential.

229.24 Records of involuntary hospitalization proceeding to be confidential.   1. All papers and records pertaining to any involuntary hospitalization or application pursuant to section 229.6 of any person under this chapter, whether part of the permanent record of the court or of a file in the department of human services, are subject to inspection only upon an order of the court for good cause shown.   2. If authorized in writing by a person who has been the subject of any proceeding or report under sections 229.6 to 229.13 or section 229.22, or by the parent or guardian of that person, information regarding that person which is confidential under subsection 1 may be released to any designated person.   3. If all or part of the costs associated with hospitalization of an individual under this chapter are chargeable to a county of residence, the clerk of the district court shall provide to the regional administrator for the county of residence and to the regional administrator for the county in which the hospitalization order is entered the following information pertaining to the individual which would be confidential under subsection 1:   a. Administrative information, as defined in section 228.1.   b. An evaluation order under this chapter and the location of the individual’s placement under the order.   c. A hospitalization or placement order under this chapter and the location of the individual’s placement under the order.   d. The date, location, and disposition of any hearing concerning the individual held under this chapter.   e. Any payment source available for the costs of the individual’s care.   4. This section shall not prohibit any of the following:   a. A hospital from complying with the requirements of this chapter and of chapter 230 relative to financial responsibility for the cost of care and treatment provided a patient in that hospital or from properly billing any responsible relative or third-party payer for such care or treatment.   b. A court or the department of public safety from forwarding to the federal bureau of investigation information that a person has been disqualified from possessing, shipping, transporting, or receiving a firearm pursuant to section 724.31.  [C77, 79, 81, §229.24]  83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159; 95 Acts, ch 120, §3; 96 Acts, ch 1183, §22; 2002 Acts, ch 1146, §4; 2004 Acts, ch 1090, §8; 2010 Acts, ch 1031, §362; 2010 Acts, ch 1178, §1, 2, 19; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §102, 130; 2013 Acts, ch 130, §52; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §67  Referred to in §228.6, 230.20
IA Code § 229.25 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.25 - Medical records to be confidential — exceptions.

229.25 Medical records to be confidential — exceptions.   1. a. The records maintained by a hospital or other facility relating to the examination, custody, care and treatment of any person in that hospital or facility pursuant to this chapter shall be confidential, except that the chief medical officer shall release appropriate information under any of the following circumstances:   (1) The information is requested by a licensed physician or mental health professional, attorney, or advocate who provides the chief medical officer with a written waiver signed by the person about whom the information is sought.   (2) The information is sought by a court order.   (3) The person who is hospitalized or that person’s guardian, if the person is a minor or is not legally competent to do so, signs an informed consent to release information. Each signed consent shall designate specifically the person or agency to whom the information is to be sent, and the information may be sent only to that person or agency.   b. Such records may be released by the chief medical officer when requested for the purpose of research into the causes, incidence, nature and treatment of mental illness, however information shall not be provided in a way that discloses patients’ names or which otherwise discloses any patient’s identity.   2. When the chief medical officer deems it to be in the best interest of the patient and the patient’s next of kin to do so, the chief medical officer may release appropriate information during a consultation which the hospital or facility shall arrange with the next of kin of a voluntary or involuntary patient, if requested by the patient’s next of kin.  [C77, 79, 81, §229.25; 82 Acts, ch 1135, §1]  89 Acts, ch 275, §7; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2017 Acts, ch 34, §18  Referred to in §228.6, 229.19
IA Code § 229.26 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.26 - Exclusive procedure for involuntary hospitalization.

229.26 Exclusive procedure for involuntary hospitalization.   Sections 229.6 through 229.19 constitute the exclusive procedure for involuntary hospitalization of persons by reason of serious mental impairment in this state, except that this chapter does not negate the provisions of section 904.503 relating to transfer of prisoners with mental illness to state hospitals for persons with mental illness and does not apply to commitments of persons under chapter 812 or the rules of criminal procedure, Iowa court rules, or negate the provisions of section 232.51 relating to disposition of children with mental illness.  [C77, 79, 81, §229.26]  84 Acts, ch 1323, §3; 85 Acts, ch 21, §36; 87 Acts, ch 90, §4; 88 Acts, ch 1134, §45; 96 Acts, ch 1129, §58; 2002 Acts, ch 1119, §108; 2003 Acts, ch 108, §125, 132; 2012 Acts, ch 1019, §81; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §72
IA Code § 229.28 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.28 - Hospitalization in certain federal facilities.

229.28 Hospitalization in certain federal facilities.   1. When a court finds that the contention that a respondent is seriously mentally impaired has been sustained or proposes to order continued hospitalization of any person, or an alternative placement, as described under section 229.14, subsection 1, paragraph “b” or “d”, and the court is furnished evidence that the respondent or patient is eligible for care and treatment in a facility operated by the United States department of veterans affairs or another agency of the United States government and that the facility is willing to receive the respondent or patient, the court may so order.   a. The respondent or patient, when so hospitalized or placed in a facility operated by the United States department of veterans affairs or another agency of the United States government within or outside of this state, shall be subject to the rules of the United States department of veterans affairs or other agency, but shall not thereby lose any procedural rights afforded the respondent or patient by this chapter.   b. The chief officer of the facility shall have, with respect to the person so hospitalized or placed, the same powers and duties as the chief medical officer of a hospital in this state would have in regard to submission of reports to the court, retention of custody, transfer, convalescent leave or discharge.   2. Jurisdiction is retained in the court to maintain surveillance of the person’s treatment and care, and at any time to inquire into that person’s mental condition and the need for continued hospitalization or care and custody.  [C27, 31, 35, §3562-b1; C39, §3562.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.20; C77, 79, 81, §229.28]  2001 Acts, ch 155, §39; 2009 Acts, ch 26, §10  Referred to in §229.30
IA Code § 229.29 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.29 - Transfer to certain federal facilities.

229.29 Transfer to certain federal facilities.   1. Upon receipt of a certificate stating that any person involuntarily hospitalized under this chapter is eligible for care and treatment in a facility operated by the United States department of veterans affairs or another agency of the United States government which is willing to receive the person without charge to the state of Iowa or any county in the state, the chief medical officer may transfer the person to that facility. Upon so doing, the chief medical officer shall notify the court which ordered the person’s hospitalization in the same manner as would be required in the case of a transfer under section 229.15, subsection 5, and the person transferred shall be entitled to the same rights as the person would have under that subsection.   2. No person shall be transferred under this section who is confined pursuant to conviction of a public offense or whose hospitalization was ordered upon contention of incompetence to stand trial by reason of mental illness, without prior approval of the court which ordered that person’s hospitalization.  [C27, 31, 35, §3562-b1; C39, §3562.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.20; C77, 79, 81, §229.29]  2009 Acts, ch 26, §11
IA Code § 229.30 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.30 - Orders of courts in other states.

229.30 Orders of courts in other states.   A judgment or order of hospitalization or commitment by a court of competent jurisdiction of another state or the District of Columbia, under which any person is hospitalized or placed in a facility operated by the United States department of veterans affairs or another agency of the United States government, shall have the same force and effect with respect to that person while the person is in this state as the judgment or order would have if the person were in the jurisdiction of the court which issued it. That court shall be deemed to have retained jurisdiction of the person so hospitalized or placed for the purpose of inquiring into that person’s mental condition and the need for continued hospitalization or care and custody, as do courts in this state under section 229.28. Consent is hereby given to the application of the law of the state or district in which is situated the court which issued the judgment or order as regards authority of the chief officer of any facility, operated in this state by the United States department of veterans affairs or another agency of the United States government, to retain custody, transfer, place on convalescent leave or discharge the person so hospitalized or committed.  [C27, 31, 35, §3562-b1; C39, §3562.1; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, §229.20; C77, 79, 81, §229.30]  2009 Acts, ch 26, §12
IA Code § 229.31 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.31 - Commission of inquiry.

229.31 Commission of inquiry.   A sworn complaint, alleging that a named person is not seriously mentally impaired and is unjustly deprived of liberty in any hospital in the state, may be filed by any person with the clerk of the district court of the county in which such named person is so confined, or of the county in which such named person is a resident. Upon receiving the complaint, a judge of that court shall appoint a commission of not more than three persons to inquire into the truth of the allegations. One of the commissioners shall be a physician and if additional commissioners are appointed, one of the additional commissioners shall be a lawyer.  [C73, §1442; C97, §2304; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3571; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §229.31]  2012 Acts, ch 1120, §103, 130  Referred to in §229.36
IA Code § 229.32 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.32 - Duty of commission.

229.32 Duty of commission.   Said commission shall at once proceed to the place where said person is confined and make a thorough and discreet examination for the purpose of determining the truth of said allegations and shall promptly report its findings to said judge in writing. Said report shall be accompanied by a written statement of the case signed by the chief medical officer of the hospital in which the person is confined.  [C73, §1442; C97, §2304; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3572; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §229.32]  Referred to in §229.36
IA Code § 229.33 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.33 - Hearing.

229.33 Hearing.   If, on such report and statement, and the hearing of testimony if any is offered, the judge shall find that such person is not seriously mentally impaired, the judge shall order the person’s discharge; if the contrary, the judge shall so state, and authorize the continued detention of the person, subject to all applicable requirements of this chapter.  [C73, §1442; C97, §2304; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3573; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §229.33]  97 Acts, ch 23, §17  Referred to in §229.36
IA Code § 229.34 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.34 - Finding and order filed.

229.34 Finding and order filed.   The finding and order of the judge, with the report and other papers, shall be filed in the office of the clerk of the court where the complaint was filed. Said clerk shall enter a memorandum thereof on the appropriate record, and forthwith notify the chief medical officer of the hospital of the finding and order of the judge, and the chief medical officer shall carry out the order.  [C73, §1442; C97, §2304; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3574; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §229.34]  Referred to in §229.36
IA Code § 229.35 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.35 - Compensation — payment.

229.35 Compensation — payment.   Said commissioners shall be entitled to their necessary expenses and a reasonable compensation, to be allowed by the judge, who shall certify the same to the director of the department of administrative services who shall thereupon draw the proper warrants on any funds in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. The applicant shall pay said costs and expenses if the judge shall so order on a finding that the complaint was filed without probable cause.  [C73, §1442; C97, §2304; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3575; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §229.35]  2003 Acts, ch 145, §286  Referred to in §8.59, 229.36  Appropriation limited for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 1993; see §8.59
IA Code § 229.36 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.36 - Limitation on proceedings.

229.36 Limitation on proceedings.   The proceeding authorized in sections 229.31 through 229.35 shall not be had more often than once in six months regarding the same person; nor regarding any patient within six months after the patient’s admission to the hospital.  [C73, §1443; C97, §2305; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3576; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §229.36]  2005 Acts, ch 3, §52; 2020 Acts, ch 1063, §87  Section amended
IA Code § 229.37 (2021)
2021 Iowa Code|Title VI - HUMAN SERVICES|Chapter 229 - HOSPITALIZATION OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS|Section 229.37 - Habeas corpus.

229.37 Habeas corpus.   All persons confined as seriously mentally impaired shall be entitled to the benefit of the writ of habeas corpus, and the question of serious mental impairment shall be decided at the hearing. If the judge shall decide that the person is seriously mentally impaired, such decision shall be no bar to the issuing of the writ a second time, whenever it shall be alleged that such person is no longer seriously mentally impaired.  [R60, §1441; C73, §1444; C97, §2306; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3577; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §229.37]  Constitutional provision, Iowa Constitution, Art. I, §13  Habeas corpus, chapter 663