230.19 - NONRESIDENTS LIABLE TO STATE -- PRESUMPTION.
230.19 NONRESIDENTS LIABLE TO STATE -- PRESUMPTION.
The estates of all nonresident patients provided for and treated
in state hospitals for persons with mental illness in this state, and
all persons legally bound for the support of such patients, shall be
liable to the state for the reasonable value of the care,
maintenance, and treatment of such patients while in such hospitals.
The certificate of the superintendent of the state hospital in which
any nonresident is or has been a patient, showing the amounts drawn
from the state treasury or due therefrom as provided by law on
account of such nonresident patient, shall be presumptive evidence of
the reasonable value of the care, maintenance, and treatment
furnished such patient. Section History: Early Form
[S13, § 2297-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3599; C46, 50, 54, 58,
62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 230.19] Section History: Recent Form
96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113