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230.18 - EXPENSE IN COUNTY OR PRIVATE HOSPITALS.

        230.18  EXPENSE IN COUNTY OR PRIVATE HOSPITALS.
         The estates of persons with mental illness who may be treated or
      confined in any county hospital or home, or in any private hospital
      or sanatorium, and the estates of persons legally bound for their
      support, shall be liable to the county for the reasonable cost of
      such support.
         Section History: Early Form
         [R60, § 1488; C73, § 1433; C97, § 2297; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §
      3598; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 230.18]
         Section History: Recent Form
         96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113