The father and mother of any person admitted or committed to a hospital-school or to a special unit, as either an inpatient or an outpatient, and any person, firm, or corporation bound by contract hereafter made for support of the person shall be and remain liable for the support of the person. The person and those legally bound for the support of the person shall be liable to the county for all sums advanced by the county to the state under the provisions of sections 222.60 and 222.77. The liability of any person, other than the patient, who is legally bound for the support of any patient under eighteen years of age in a hospital-school or a special unit shall in no instance exceed the average minimum cost of the care of a normally intelligent, nonhandicapped minor of the same age and sex as the minor patient. The administrator shall establish the scale for this purpose but the scale shall not exceed the standards for personal allowances established by the state division under the family investment program. Provided further that the father or mother of the person shall not be liable for the support of the person after the person attains the age of eighteen years and that the father or mother shall incur liability only during any period when the father or mother either individually or jointly receive a net income from whatever source, commensurate with that upon which they would be liable to make an income tax payment to this state. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent a relative or other person from voluntarily paying the full actual cost as established by the administrator for caring for the person with mental retardation.
[C39, § 3477.5; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, § 223.16, 223.20; C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.78]
93 Acts, ch 97, § 27
Referred to in § 218.78, 222.13, 222.18, 222.31, 222.79, 222.80, 222.81, 226.8, 234.39, 331.381
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