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.

Terms Used In Iowa Code 226.1

  • Department: means the department of human services. See Iowa Code 249L.2
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • Institution: means a birthing hospital. See Iowa Code 252A.2
  • person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • persons with mental illness: include persons with psychosis, persons who are severely depressed, and persons with any type of mental disease or mental disorder, except that mental illness does not refer to intellectual disability, or to insanity, diminished responsibility, or mental incompetency as defined and used in the Iowa criminal code or in the rules of criminal procedure, Iowa court rules. See Iowa Code 4.1
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the said district and territories. See Iowa Code 4.1
 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 or a substance abuse problem.
 (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 of human services 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 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.
 4. For the purposes of this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:

 a. “Administrator” means the person assigned by the director of human services to control the state mental health institutes.
 b. “Department” means the department of human services.
 c. “Mental health and disability services region” means a mental health and disability services region formed in accordance with section 331.389.
 d. “Regional administrator” means the regional administrator of a mental health and disability services region, as defined in section 331.388.
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