229.24 RECORDS OF INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION
PROCEEDING TO BE CONFIDENTIAL.
1. All papers and records pertaining to any involuntary
hospitalization or application for involuntary hospitalization of any
person under this chapter, whether part of the permanent record of
the court or of a file in the department of human services, are
subject to inspection only upon an order of the court for good cause
shown. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a hospital from
complying with the requirements of this chapter and of chapter 230
relative to financial responsibility for the cost of care and
treatment provided a patient in that hospital, nor from properly
billing any responsible relative or third-party payer for such care
and treatment.
2. If authorized in writing by a person who has been the subject
of any proceeding or report under sections 229.6 to 229.13 or section
229.22, or by the parent or guardian of that person, information
regarding that person which is confidential under subsection 1 may be
released to any designated person.
3. If all or part of the costs associated with hospitalization of
an individual under this chapter are chargeable to a county of legal
settlement, the clerk of the district court shall provide to the
county of legal settlement and to the county in which the
hospitalization order is entered, in a form prescribed by the mental
health, mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and brain
injury commission, the following information pertaining to the
individual which would be confidential under subsection 1:
a. Administrative information, as defined in section 228.1.
b. An evaluation order under this chapter and the location of
the individual's placement under the order.
c. A hospitalization or placement order under this chapter
and the location of the individual's placement under the order.
d. The date, location, and disposition of any hearing
concerning the individual held under this chapter.
e. Any payment source available for the costs of the
individual's care.
229.24 RECORDS OF INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION
PROCEEDING TO BE CONFIDENTIAL.
1. All papers and records pertaining to any involuntary
hospitalization or application for involuntary hospitalization of any
person under this chapter, whether part of the permanent record of
the court or of a file in the department of human services, are
subject to inspection only upon an order of the court for good cause
shown. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a hospital from
complying with the requirements of this chapter and of chapter 230
relative to financial responsibility for the cost of care and
treatment provided a patient in that hospital, nor from properly
billing any responsible relative or third-party payer for such care
and treatment.
2. If authorized in writing by a person who has been the subject
of any proceeding or report under sections 229.6 to 229.13 or section
229.22, or by the parent or guardian of that person, information
regarding that person which is confidential under subsection 1 may be
released to any designated person.
3. If all or part of the costs associated with hospitalization of
an individual under this chapter are chargeable to a county of legal
settlement, the clerk of the district court shall provide to the
county of legal settlement and to the county in which the
hospitalization order is entered, in a form prescribed by the mental
health, mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and brain
injury commission, the following information pertaining to the
individual which would be confidential under subsection 1:
a. Administrative information, as defined in section 228.1.
b. An evaluation order under this chapter and the location of
the individual's placement under the order.
c. A hospitalization or placement order under this chapter
and the location of the individual's placement under the order.
d. The date, location, and disposition of any hearing
concerning the individual held under this chapter.
e. Any payment source available for the costs of the
individual's care.
229.24 RECORDS OF INVOLUNTARY HOSPITALIZATION
PROCEEDING TO BE CONFIDENTIAL.
1. All papers and records pertaining to any involuntary
hospitalization or application for involuntary hospitalization of any
person under this chapter, whether part of the permanent record of
the court or of a file in the department of human services, are
subject to inspection only upon an order of the court for good cause
shown. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a hospital from
complying with the requirements of this chapter and of chapter 230
relative to financial responsibility for the cost of care and
treatment provided a patient in that hospital, nor from properly
billing any responsible relative or third-party payer for such care
and treatment.
2. If authorized in writing by a person who has been the subject
of any proceeding or report under sections 229.6 to 229.13 or section
229.22, or by the parent or guardian of that person, information
regarding that person which is confidential under subsection 1 may be
released to any designated person.
3. If all or part of the costs associated with hospitalization of
an individual under this chapter are chargeable to a county of legal
settlement, the clerk of the district court shall provide to the
county of legal settlement and to the county in which the
hospitalization order is entered, in a form prescribed by the mental
health, mental retardation, developmental disabilities, and brain
injury commission, the following information pertaining to the
individual which would be confidential under subsection 1:
a. Administrative information, as defined in section 228.1.
b. An evaluation order under this chapter and the location of
the individual's placement under the order.
c. A hospitalization or placement order under this chapter
and the location of the individual's placement under the order.
d. The date, location, and disposition of any hearing
concerning the individual held under this chapter.
e. Any payment source available for the costs of the
individual's care.
