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Iowa Code Title VI. Human Services [Chs. 216-255A] § 226.1. Official designation--definitions

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

<[Text subject to final changes by the Iowa Code Editor for Code 2024.]>

1. The state hospitals for persons with mental illness shall be designated as follows:

a. Mental Health Institute, Independence, Iowa.

b. Mental Health Institute, Cherokee, Iowa.

2. a. The purpose of the mental health institutes is to operate as regional resource centers providing one or more of the following:

<Text of subsec. 2.a.(1), as amended by Acts 2023 (90 G.A.) ch. 19, S.F. 514, § 471, eff. July 1, 2023.>

(1) Treatment, training, care, habilitation, and support of persons with mental illness or a substance use disorder.

<Text of subsec. 2.a.(1), as amended by Acts 2023 (90 G.A.) ch. 140, H.F. 471, § 1, eff. July 1, 2023.>

(1) Treatment, training, care, habilitation, and support of persons with mental illness including:

(a) Specialized treatment of behaviorally complex youth at a mental health institute located in Independence.

(b) Specialized treatment and security for adults ordered by the court into the custody of the state for the purposes of competency restoration, adults who have been acquitted of a crime by reason of insanity, and similarly situated adults at a mental health institute in Cherokee.

(2) Facilities, services, and other support to the communities located in the region being served by a mental health institute so as to maximize the usefulness of the mental health institutes while minimizing overall costs.

(3) A unit for the civil commitment of sexually violent predators committed to the custody of the director pursuant to chapter 229A.

b. In addition, the mental health institutes are encouraged to act as a training resource for community-based program staff, medical students, and other participants in professional education programs.

3. A mental health institute may request the approval of the council to change the name of the institution for use in communication with the public, in signage, and in other forms of communication.

4. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

a. “Council” means the council on health and human services.

b. “Department” means the department of health and human services.

c. “Director” means the director of health and human services.

d. “Mental health and disability services region” means a mental health and disability services region formed in accordance with section 331.389.

e. “Mental health institute” or “state mental health institute” means a state hospital for persons with mental illness as designated in this chapter.

f. “Regional administrator” means the same as defined in section 331.388.

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