Section 125.43. Funding at mental health institutes.  


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  •   Chapter 230 governs the determination of the costs and payment for treatment provided to persons with substance-related disorders in a mental health institute under the department of human services, except that the charges are not a lien on real estate owned by persons legally liable for support of the person with a substance-related disorder and the daily per diem shall be billed at twenty-five percent. The superintendent of a state hospital shall total only those expenditures which can be attributed to the cost of providing inpatient treatment to persons with substance-related disorders for purposes of determining the daily per diem. Section 125.44 governs the determination of who is legally liable for the cost of care, maintenance, and treatment of a person with a substance-related disorder and of the amount for which the person is liable.

    [C75, 77, §125.26; C79, 81, §125.43]

    83 Acts, ch 96, §157, 159

    ; 84 Acts, ch 1067, §21

    ; 86 Acts, ch 1001, §10

    ; 90 Acts, ch 1085, §10

    ; 2011 Acts, ch 121, §38, 62