1. The state hospitals for persons with mental illness shall be designated as follows:
a. Mental Health Institute, Mount Pleasant, Iowa.
b. Mental Health Institute, Independence, Iowa.
c. Mental Health Institute, Clarinda, Iowa.
d. Mental Health Institute, Cherokee, Iowa.
2. The purpose of the mental health institutes is to operate as regional resource centers providing one or more of the following:
a. Treatment, training, care, habilitation, and support of persons with mental illness or a substance abuse problem.
b. Facilities, services, and other support to the communities located in the region being served by a mental health institute so as to maximize the usefulness of the mental health institutes while minimizing overall costs.
In addition, the mental health institutes are encouraged to act as a training resource for community-based program staff, medical students, and other participants in professional education programs.
3. A mental health institute may request the approval of the council on human services to change the name of the institution for use in communication with the public, in signage, and in other forms of communication.
[R60, § 1471; C73, § 1383; C97, § 2253; S13, § 2253-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 3483; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 226.1]
96 Acts, ch 1129, § 113; 98 Acts, ch 1155, §10
Referred to in §230.20
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