Iowa Code § 226.19
Discharge — certificate
Iowa · Iowa Code Chapter 226 — State Mental Health Institutes · Status: effective
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- Iowa Code § 226.19, Discharge — certificate, Iowa, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-03, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2233034
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1. Every patient shall be discharged in accordance with the procedure prescribed in section 229.3 or section 229.16, whichever is applicable, immediately on regaining the patient’s good mental health.
2. If a patient’s care is the financial responsibility of the state or a county, as part of the patient’s discharge planning the state mental health institute shall provide assistance to the patient in obtaining eligibility for the federal state supplemental security income program.