§ 226.1 — Official designation — definitions

Iowa § 226.1

• Jurisdiction: Iowa
• Title VI: HUMAN SERVICES
• Ch. 226: STATE MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTES

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1. The state hospitals for persons with mental illness shall be designated as follows:
a. Mental Health Institute, Independence, Iowa.
b. Mental Health Institute, Cherokee, Iowa.
2. a. The purpose of the mental health institutes is to operate as regional resource centers
providing one or more of the following:
(1) Treatment, training, care, habilitation, and support of persons with mental illness
including:
(a) Specialized treatment of behaviorally complex youth at a mental health institute
located in Independence.
(b) Specialized treatment and security for adults ordered by the court into the custody
of the state for the purposes of competency restoration, adults who have been acquitted of
a crime by reason of insanity, and similarly situated adults at a mental health institute in
Cherokee.
(2) 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.
(3) A unit for the civil commitment of sexually violent predators committed to the custody
of the director pursuant to chapter 229A.

b. 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 department to change the
name of the institution for use in communication with the public, in signage, and in other
forms of communication.
4. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:
a. “Administrative services organization” means the same as defined in section 225A.1.
b. “Department” means the department of health and human services.
c. “Director” means the director of health and human services.
d. “Mental health institute” or “state mental health institute” means a state hospital for
persons with mental illness as designated in this chapter.

Legislative History

[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]