Iowa Code Title VI. Human Services [Chs. 216-255A] § 230.19. Nonresidents liable to state--presumption

The estates of all nonresident patients provided for and treated in state mental health institutes 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 institutes. The certificate of the superintendent of the state mental health institute in which any nonresident is or has been a patient, showing the amounts drawn from the state treasury or due 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.