Iowa Code Title VI. Human Services [Chs. 216-255A] § 230.32. Support of nonresident patients on leave

The cost of support of patients without residence in this state, who are placed on convalescent leave or removed from a state mental health institute to any health care facility licensed under chapter 135C for rehabilitation purposes, shall be paid from the state mental health institute support fund and shall be charged on abstract in the same manner as state inpatients, until such time as the patient becomes self-supporting or qualifies for support under existing statutes.