If a person wishing to make application for voluntary admission to a mental hospital established by chapter 226 is unable to pay the costs of hospitalization or those responsible for such person are unable to pay such costs, application for authorization of voluntary admission must be made to any clerk of the district court before application for admission is made to the hospital. After determining the county of legal settlement the said clerk shall, on forms provided by the administrator of the division, authorize such person's admission to a mental health hospital as a voluntary case. The clerk shall at once provide a duplicate copy of the form to the county board of supervisors. The costs of the hospitalization shall be paid by the county of legal settlement to the director of revenue and finance and credited to the general fund of the state, providing the mental health hospital rendering the services has certified to the county auditor of the responsible county the amount chargeable thereto and has sent a duplicate statement of such charges to the director of revenue and finance.
All the provisions of chapter 230 shall apply to such voluntary patients so far as is applicable.
The provisions of this section and of section 229.41 shall apply to all voluntary inpatients or outpatients either away from or at the institution heretofore or hereafter receiving mental health services.
Should any county fail to pay these bills within sixty days from the date of certificate from superintendent, the director of revenue and finance shall charge the delinquent county the penalty of one percent per month on and after sixty days from date of certificate until paid. Such penalties shall be credited to the general fund of the state.
[C50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 229.42]
Referred to in § 225C.16, 229.2, 331.381, 331.502
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