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House Journal: Page 838: Wednesday, March 20, 1996

20   of commitment, appoint such a commission to examine
21   the person for the purpose of determining the mental
22   condition of the person.  No If a commission is
23   appointed, an order of commitment shall not be
issued
24   unless the commission shall recommend recommends
that
25   such the order be issued and the private institution
26   to which the person is to be committed shall advise
27   advises the court and the single entry point process
28   that it the private institution is willing to
receive
29   the person.
30     Sec. ___.  Section 222.31, subsection 2, unnumbered
31   paragraph 1, Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
32     Commit the person to the single entry point process
33   of the person's county of residence for a diagnostic
34   evaluation and referral to an appropriate placement or
35   service.  The placement may be in the state hospital-
36   school designated by the administrator to serve the
37   county in which the hearing is being held, or to a
38   special unit.  The court shall prior Prior to
issuing
39   an order of commitment, the court may request that a
40   diagnostic evaluation of the person be made by the
41   superintendent of the hospital-school or the special
42   unit, or the superintendent's qualified designee.  The
43   If requested, the evaluation shall be conducted at a
44   place as the superintendent may direct.  The cost of
45   the evaluation shall be defrayed by the county of
46   legal settlement unless otherwise ordered by the
47   court.  The cost may be equal to but shall not exceed
48   the actual cost of the evaluation.  Persons referred
49   by a court to a hospital-school or the special unit
50   for diagnostic evaluation shall be considered as

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 1   outpatients of the institution.  No If an evaluation
 2   is requested, an order of commitment shall not be
 3   issued unless the superintendent of the institution
 4   recommends that the order be issued, and advises the
 5   court that adequate facilities for the care of the
 6   person are available."
 7     4.  Page 5, by striking lines 19 through 23 and
 8   inserting the following:  "made in the manner
 9   prescribed by section 225.13.  An order under this
10   section shall be for referral to the single entry
11   point process of the respondent's county of residence
12   for an evaluation and referral of the respondent to an
13   appropriate placement or service, which may include
14   the state psychiatric hospital for additional
15   evaluation or treatment.  For purposes of this
16   chapter, "single entry point process" means the same
17   as defined in section 331.440."
18     5.  Page 6, by striking lines 9 through 11 and
19   inserting the following:  "provided as determined by

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