222.13 - VOLUNTARY ADMISSIONS.
222.13 VOLUNTARY ADMISSIONS.
1. If an adult person is believed to be a person with mental
retardation, the adult person or the adult person's guardian may
submit a request through the central point of coordination process
for the county board of supervisors to apply to the superintendent of
any state resource center for the voluntary admission of the adult
person either as an inpatient or an outpatient of the resource
center. After determining the legal settlement of the adult person
as provided by this chapter, the board of supervisors shall, on forms
prescribed by the administrator, apply to the superintendent of the
resource center in the district for the admission of the adult person
to the resource center. An application for admission to a special
unit of any adult person believed to be in need of any of the
services provided by the special unit under section 222.88 may be
made in the same manner, upon request of the adult person or the
adult person's guardian. The superintendent shall accept the
application providing a preadmission diagnostic evaluation, performed
through the central point of coordination process, confirms or
establishes the need for admission, except that an application may
not be accepted if the institution does not have adequate facilities
available or if the acceptance will result in an overcrowded
condition.
2. If the resource center has no appropriate program for the
treatment of an adult or minor person with mental retardation
applying under this section or section 222.13A, the board of
supervisors shall arrange for the placement of the person in any
public or private facility within or without the state, approved by
the director of the department of human services, which offers
appropriate services for the person, as determined through the
central point of coordination process.
3. Upon applying for admission of an adult or minor person to a
resource center, or a special unit, or upon arranging for the
placement of the person in a public or private facility, the board of
supervisors shall make a full investigation into the financial
circumstances of that person and those liable for that person's
support under section 222.78 to determine whether or not any of them
are able to pay the expenses arising out of the admission of the
person to a resource center, special treatment unit, or public or
private facility. If the board finds that the person or those
legally responsible for the person are presently unable to pay the
expenses, the board shall direct that the expenses be paid by the
county. The board may review its finding at any subsequent time
while the person remains at the resource center, or is otherwise
receiving care or treatment for which this chapter obligates the
county to pay. If the board finds upon review that the person or
those legally responsible for the person are presently able to pay
the expenses, the finding shall apply only to the charges incurred
during the period beginning on the date of the review and continuing
thereafter, unless and until the board again changes its finding. If
the board finds that the person or those legally responsible for the
person are able to pay the expenses, the board shall direct that the
charges be so paid to the extent required by section 222.78, and the
county auditor shall be responsible for the collection of the
charges. Section History: Early Form
[C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3464, 3477.2; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, §
222.54, 223.13; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.13] Section History: Recent Form
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 95 Acts, ch 82, §7; 96 Acts, ch 1183,
§ 2; 97 Acts, ch 169, § 2; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51; 2004 Acts, ch
1090, §33
Referred to in § 222.14, 222.15, 222.31, 222.59, 331.381, 331.502