Iowa Code § 229.41: Voluntary admission — state mental health institute.

Persons making application pursuant to section 229.2 on their own behalf or on behalf of another person who is under eighteen years of age, if the person whose admission is sought is received for observation and treatment on the application, shall be required to pay the costs of hospitalization at rates established by the department. The costs may be collected weekly in advance and shall be payable to the state mental health institute. The collections shall be remitted to the department monthly to be credited to the general fund of the state.