1. All papers and records pertaining to any involuntary hospitalization or application for involuntary hospitalization of any person under this chapter, whether part of the permanent record of the court or of a file in the department of human services, are subject to inspection only upon an order of the court for good cause shown. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a hospital from complying with the requirements of this chapter and of chapter 230 relative to financial responsibility for the cost of care and treatment provided a patient in that hospital, nor from properly billing any responsible relative or third-party payer for such care and treatment.
2. If authorized in writing by a person who has been the subject of any proceeding or report under sections 229.6 to 229.13 or section 229.22, or by the parent or guardian of that person, information regarding that person which is confidential under subsection 1 may be released to any designated person.
3. If all or part of the costs associated with hospitalization of an individual under this chapter are chargeable to a county of legal settlement, the county of legal settlement and the county in which the hospitalization order is entered shall have access to the following information pertaining to the individual which would be confidential under subsection 1:
a. Administrative information, as defined in section 228.1.
b. An evaluation order under this chapter and the location of the individual's placement under the order.
c. A hospitalization or placement order under this chapter and the location of the individual's placement under the order.
d. The date, location, and disposition of any hearing concerning the individual held under this chapter.
e. Any payment source available for the costs of the individual's care.
[C77, 79, 81, § 229.24]
83 Acts, ch 96, § 157, 159; 95 Acts, ch 120, §3
Referred to in § 228.6, 230.20
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