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House Journal: Page 623: Tuesday, February 28, 1995

32   transportation of patients, as provided for in the
33   county management plan provisions implemented pursuant
34   to section 331.439, subsection 1, in a state hospital-
35   school for the mentally retarded persons with mental
36   retardation, or in a special unit, or any public or
37   private facility within or without the state, approved
38   by the director of the department of human services,
39   shall be paid by either:
40     1.  The county in which such person the patient
has
41   legal settlement as defined in section 252.16.
42     2.  The state when such person the patient has no
43   legal settlement or when such legal settlement is
44   unknown.
45     Sec. 103.  Section 225C.4, subsection 2, paragraph
46   b, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
47     b.  Establish mental health and mental retardation
48   services for all institutions under the control of the
49   director of human services and establish an autism
50   unit, following mutual planning with and consultation
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 1   from the medical director of the state psychiatric
 2   hospital, at an institution or a facility administered
 3   by the administrator to provide psychiatric and
 4   related services and other specific programs to meet
 5   the needs of autistic persons as defined in section
 6   331.424, subsection 1, and to furnish appropriate
 7   diagnostic evaluation services.
 8     Sec. 104.  Section 331.301, subsection 12, Code
 9   1995, is amended to read as follows:
10     12.  The board of supervisors may credit funds to a
11   reserve for the purposes authorized by subsection 11
12   of this section; section 331.424, subsection 1,
13   paragraph "l" "f"; and section 331.441, subsection
2,
14   paragraph "b".  Moneys credited to the reserve, and
15   interest earned on such moneys, shall remain in the
16   reserve until expended for purposes authorized by
17   subsection 11 of this section; section 331.424,
18   subsection 1, paragraph "l" "f"; or section 331.441,
19   subsection 2, paragraph "b".
20     Sec. 105.  Section 331.424, subsection 1, Code
21   1995, is amended to read as follows:
22     1.  For general county services, an amount
23   sufficient to pay the charges for the following:
24     a.  To the extent that the county is obligated by
25   statute to pay the charges for:
26     (1)  Care and treatment of patients by a state
27   mental health institute.
28     (2)  Care and treatment of patients by either of
29   the state hospital-schools or by any other facility
30   established under chapter 222 and diagnostic
31   evaluation under section 222.31.
32     (3)  Care and treatment of patients under chapter

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