House Journal: Page 1587: Thursday, April 26, 2001
32 in a state hospital for persons with mental illness
33 shall remove such facilitate the transfer of the
34 patient to a county or private institution for persons
35 with mental illness which has complied that is in
36 compliance with the aforesaid applicable rules when
37 the administrator of the division or the
38 administrator's designee so orders the transfer on a
39 finding that said the patient is suffering from
40 chronic mental illness or from senility and will
41 receive equal benefit by being so transferred. A
42 county shall remove facilitate the transfer to its
43 county care facility of any patient in a state
44 hospital for persons with mental illness upon request
45 of the superintendent of the state hospital in which
46 the patient is confined pursuant to the
47 superintendent's authority under section 229.15,
48 subsection 4, and approval by the board of supervisors
49 of the county of the patient's residence. In no case
50 shall a patient be thus transferred except upon
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1 compliance with section 229.14, subsection 4, 229.14B
2 or without the written consent of a relative, friend,
3 or guardian if such relative, friend, or guardian pays
4 the expense of the care of such patient in a state
5 hospital. Patients transferred to a public or private
6 facility under this section may subsequently be placed
7 on convalescent or limited leave or transferred to a
8 different facility for continued full-time custody,
9 care, and treatment when, in the opinion of the
10 attending physician or the chief medical officer of
11 the hospital from which the patient was so
12 transferred, the best interest of the patient would be
13 served by such leave or transfer. However, if the
14 patient was originally hospitalized involuntarily, the
15 leave or transfer shall be made in compliance with
16 section 229.15, subsection 4. For any patient who is
17 involuntarily committed, any transfer made under this
18 section is subject to the placement hearing
19 requirements of section 229.14B."
20 2. Title page, line 4, by inserting after the
21 word "expenditures" the following: "and placements of
22 persons with serious mental impairments and".
23 3. By renumbering as necessary.
Kreiman of Davis offered the following amendment H(1735, to
amendment H(1639, filed by Kreiman, Carroll of Poweshiek, and
Huser of Polk from the floor and moved its adoption:
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