Section 230.11. Recovery of costs from state.

  Costs and expenses attending the taking into custody, care, and investigation of a person who has been admitted or committed to a state hospital, United States department of veterans affairs hospital, or other agency of the United States government, for persons with mental illness and who has no residence in this state or whose residence is unknown, including cost of commitment, if any, shall be paid as a state case as approved by the administrator. The amount of the costs and expenses approved by the administrator is appropriated to the department from any money in the state treasury not otherwise appropriated. Payment shall be made by the department on itemized vouchers executed by the auditor of the county which has paid them, and approved by the administrator.

[S13, §2308-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3591; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §230.11]

96 Acts, ch 1129, §113

; 2009 Acts, ch 26, §13

; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §115, 130

; 2014 Acts, ch 1092, §48

; 2015 Acts, ch 30, §73

Appropriation limited for fiscal years beginning on or after July 1, 1993; see §8.59

Section amended