222.72  Finding legal settlement outside state.

If an alternative dispute resolution of the dispute filed under section 222.70 stipulates or the court finds pursuant to section 222.70 or 222.71 that the legal settlement of the person with mental retardation, at the time of admission or commitment, was outside the state or was unknown, an order shall be entered that the person shall be maintained in the resource center, the special unit, or a community-based service at the expense of the state. In such case, the state shall refund to any county all necessary and legal expenses for the cost of said admission or commitment paid by a county. A decision by the court shall be final.

Section History: Early form

  [C66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 222.72]

Section History: Recent form

  94 Acts, ch 1170, §3; 2000 Acts, ch 1112, §51

Internal References

  Referred to in § 331.381


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