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House Journal: Page 1560: Thursday, April 11, 1996

35   PROCESS.
36     Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter to
37   the contrary, any person whose hospitalization
38   expenses are payable in whole or in part by a county
39   shall be subject to all requirements of the single
40   entry point process.
41     Sec. ___.  Section 229.11, unnumbered paragraph 1,
42   Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
43     If the applicant requests that the respondent be
44   taken into immediate custody and the judge, upon
45   reviewing the application and accompanying
46   documentation, finds probable cause to believe that
47   the respondent is seriously mentally impaired has a
48   serious mental impairment and is likely to injure the
49   respondent or other persons if allowed to remain at
50   liberty, the judge may enter a written order directing

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 1   that the respondent be taken into immediate custody by
 2   the sheriff or the sheriff's deputy and be detained
 3   until the hospitalization hearing, which.  The
 4   hospitalization hearing shall be held no more than
 5   five days after the date of the order, except that if
 6   the fifth day after the date of the order is a
 7   Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday, the hearing may be
 8   held on the next succeeding business day.  If the
 9   expenses of a respondent are payable in whole or in
10   part by a county, for a placement in accordance with
11   subsection 1, the judge shall give notice of the
12   placement to the single entry point process and for a
13   placement in accordance with subsection 2 or 3, the
14   judge shall order the placement in a hospital or
15   facility designated through the single entry point
16   process.  The judge may order the respondent detained
17   for the period of time until the hearing is held, and
18   no longer, in accordance with subsection 1 if
19   possible, and if not then in accordance with
20   subsection 2 or, only if neither of these alternatives
21   are available, in accordance with subsection 3.
22   Detention may be:
23     Sec. ___.  Section 229.13, unnumbered paragraph 1,
24   Code 1995, is amended to read as follows:
25     If upon completion of the hearing the court finds
26   that the contention that the respondent is seriously
27   mentally impaired has been has a serious mental
28   impairment is sustained by clear and convincing
29   evidence, it the court shall order the a
respondent
30   placed in whose expenses are payable in whole or in
31   part by a county committed to the care of a hospital
32   or facility designated through the single entry point
33   process, and shall order any other respondent
34   committed to the care of a hospital or a facility

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