Title VI, HUMAN SERVICES (Ch. 216 - 255A)

Vouchers for expenditures other than salaries shall be submitted to the director of the department of administrative services, who shall prepare in triplicate an abstract of claims submitted showing the name of the claimant and the institutions and institutional fund on account o…

Upon such certificate the director of the department of administrative services shall, if the institution named has sufficient funds, issue the director’s warrants upon the state treasurer, for the amounts and to the claimants indicated on the warrants. The director of the depart…

At the close of each pay period, the superintendent of each institution shall prepare and forward to the director or the director’s designee a semimonthly payroll which shall show the name of each officer and employee, the semimonthly pay, time paid for, the amount of pay, and an…

1. The director shall appoint the superintendent of the institution. The tenure of office of a superintendent shall be at the pleasure of the director. The director may transfer a superintendent from one institution to another. 2. The superintendent shall have immediate custody a…

When a resident of an institution has become so mentally disturbed as to constitute a danger to self, to other residents or staff of the institution, or to the public, and the institution cannot provide adequate security, the director or the director’s designee, with the consent …

The department may secure the services of consultants to furnish advice on administrative, professional, or technical problems to the director, department employees, or to provide in-service training and instruction for the employees. The department may pay the consultants at a r…

1. a. The director shall have full power to secure options to purchase real estate, to acquire and sell real estate, and to grant utility easements, for the proper uses of the institutions. Real estate shall be acquired and sold and utility easements granted, upon such terms and …

1. For purposes of construing the provisions of this and the following subtitles of this title and chapters 904 , 913 , and 914 relating to persons with mental illness and reconciling these provisions with other former and present provisions of statute, the following terms shall …

The director may accept gifts, grants, devises, or bequests of real or personal property from the federal government or any source. The director may exercise such powers with reference to the property accepted as deemed essential to the property’s preservation and the purposes fo…

Notwithstanding sections 218.78 and 249A.11 , any revenue received from the state mental health institute at Cherokee or the state mental health institute at Independence pursuant to 42 C.F.R. §438.6(e) may be retained and expended by the mental health institute. 2024 Acts, ch 11…

1. The department may continue to bill for state resource center services utilizing a scope of services approach used for private providers of intermediate care facilities for persons with an intellectual disability services, in a manner which does not shift costs between the med…

A canteen may be maintained at any institution for sale to persons residing in the institution of items including but not limited to toilet articles, candy, tobacco products, notions, and other sundries, and the necessary facilities, equipment, personnel, and merchandise for such…