Iowa § 252.24 - 252.24 County of residence liable — exception.
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§ 252.24. 252.24 County of residence liable — exception.
1. The county of residence, as defined in section 331.190, shall be liable to the county granting assistance for all reasonable charges and expenses incurred in the assistance and care of a poor person. 2. When assistance is furnished by any governmental agency of the county, township, or city, the assistance shall be deemed to have been furnished by the county in which the agency is located and the agency furnishing the assistance shall certify the correctness of the costs of the assistance to the board of supervisors of that county and that county shall collect from the person’s county of residence. The amounts collected by the county where the agency is located shall be paid to the agency furnishing the assistance. This statute applies to services and supplies furnished as provided in section 139A.18. 3. This section shall apply to assistance or maintenance provided through the behavioral health service system established in section 225A.3. [C51, §815; R60, §1383; C73, §1358; C97, §2229; C24, 27, 31, 35, §5319; C39, §3828.096; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §252.24] 92 Acts, ch 1212, §14; 2000 Acts, ch 1066, §44; 2012 Acts, ch 1120, §125, 130; 2018 Acts, ch 1137, §26; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §105, 137 2024 amendment to subsections 1 and 3 effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §137 Subsections 1 and 3 amended Thu Dec 11 19:14:45 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Section 252.24 (29, 2)
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