Iowa Code

Iowa Code § 226.1 (2026)

Official designation — definitions

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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.

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 including:

(a) Specialized treatment of behaviorally complex youth at a mental health institute located in Independence.

(b) Specialized treatment and security for adults ordered by the court into the custody of the state for the purposes of competency restoration, adults who have been acquitted of a crime by reason of insanity, and similarly situated adults at a mental health institute in Cherokee.

(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 pursuant to chapter 229A. \n Tue Dec 09 22:21:35 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 226 (45, 2) §226.1, STATE MENTAL HEALTH INSTITUTES 2\n\n 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 department 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. “Administrative services organization” means the same as defined in section 225A.1.

b. “Department” means the department of health and human services.

c. “Director” means the director of health and human services.

d. “Mental health institute” or “state mental health institute” means a state hospital for persons with mental illness as designated in this chapter. [R60, §1471; C73, §1383; C97, §2253; S13, §2253-a; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §3483; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, §226.1] 96 Acts, ch 1129, §113; 98 Acts, ch 1155, §10; 2001 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 6, §33, 37; 2009 Acts, ch 41, §263; 2015 Acts, ch 69, §44; 2019 Acts, ch 100, §2; 2023 Acts, ch 19, §471; 2023 Acts, ch 140, §1; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §66, 67, 137; 2024 Acts, ch 1170, §412 Referred to in §230.1 Unit for civil commitment of sexually violent predators located at the mental health institute at Cherokee; 2002 Acts, 2nd Ex, ch 1003, §131 2024 amendments to subsection 4 by 2024 Acts, ch 11612024 Acts, ch 1161, effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §137 Subsection 4 amended and editorially internally redesignated \n

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 2000–2016 · leading case: Danny Homan, Rich Taylor, Jerry Kearns, Mark Smith, Thomas Courtney, Janet Petersen, Bruce Hunter, Curt Hanson, Tony Bisignano, Herman Quirmbach, Dick Dearden, Art Staed, Ako Abdul-Samad, Jo Oldson, Ruth Ann Gaines, Sharon Steckman, Todd Taylor, Mary Gaskill, Kirsten Running-Marquardt, Timi Brown-Powers, Dave Jacoby, Pam Jochum, Matt McCoy, Michael Gronstal, & Bruce Bearinger v. Terry E. Branstad, 887 N.W.2d 153 (Iowa 2016).

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Danny Homan, Rich Taylor, Jerry Kearns, Mark Smith, Thomas Courtney, Janet Petersen, Bruce Hunter, Curt Hanson, Tony Bisignano, Herman Quirmbach, Dick Dearden, Art Staed, Ako Abdul-Samad, Jo Oldson, Ruth Ann Gaines, Sharon Steckman, Todd Taylor, Mary Gaskill, Kirsten Running-Marquardt, Timi Brown-Powers, Dave Jacoby, Pam Jochum, Matt McCoy, Michael Gronstal, & Bruce Bearinger v. Terry E. Branstad, 887 N.W.2d 153 (Iowa 2016). · cites it 32× “Iowa Code § 226.1 (l)-(2). The plaintiffs argue section 226.”

Credit Bureau Enter., Inc. v. Pelo, 608 N.W.2d 20 (Iowa 2000). · cites it 2× “The term “state hospital” refers to the facilities in Mount Pleasant, Independence, Clarinda and Cherokee, Iowa, see Iowa Code § 226.1 , and thus would not include a private hospital such as Ellsworth Municipal Hospital.”

Tinius v. Carroll Cnty. Sheriff Dep't, 255 F. Supp. 2d 971 (N.D. Iowa 2003). “” Iowa Code 226.1(1). The Iowa Department of Human Services is responsible for the administration of programs regarding the "care and treatment of persons with mental illness or mental retardation, and other related programs as provided by law.”

Amended January 25, 2017 Danny Homan, Rich Taylor, Jerry Kearns, Mark Smith, Thomas Courtney, Janet Petersen, Bruce Hunter, Curt Hanson, Tony Bisignano, Herman Quirmbach, Dick Dearden, Art Staed, Ako Abdul-Samad, Jo Oldson, Ruth Ann Gaines, Sharon Steckman, Todd Taylor, Mary Gaskill, Kirsten Running-Marquardt, Timi Brown-Powers, Dave Jacoby, Pam Jochum, Matt Mccoy, Michael Gronstal, & Bruce Bearinger, Appe (Iowa 2016). · cites it 32× “Iowa Code § 226.1 (1)–(2). The plaintiffs argue section 226.”

— Iowa Code § 226.1(1) — 3 cases

Danny Homan, Rich Taylor, Jerry Kearns, Mark Smith, Thomas Courtney, Janet Petersen, Bruce Hunter, Curt Hanson, Tony Bisignano, Herman Quirmbach, Dick Dearden, Art Staed, Ako Abdul-Samad, Jo Oldson, Ruth Ann Gaines, Sharon Steckman, Todd Taylor, Mary Gaskill, Kirsten Running-Marquardt, Timi Brown-Powers, Dave Jacoby, Pam Jochum, Matt McCoy, Michael Gronstal, & Bruce Bearinger v. Terry E. Branstad, 887 N.W.2d 153 (Iowa 2016). “Iowa Code § 226.1 (l)-(2). The plaintiffs argue section 226.”

Amended January 25, 2017 Danny Homan, Rich Taylor, Jerry Kearns, Mark Smith, Thomas Courtney, Janet Petersen, Bruce Hunter, Curt Hanson, Tony Bisignano, Herman Quirmbach, Dick Dearden, Art Staed, Ako Abdul-Samad, Jo Oldson, Ruth Ann Gaines, Sharon Steckman, Todd Taylor, Mary Gaskill, Kirsten Running-Marquardt, Timi Brown-Powers, Dave Jacoby, Pam Jochum, Matt Mccoy, Michael Gronstal, & Bruce Bearinger, Appe (Iowa 2016). “Iowa Code § 226.1 (1)–(2). The plaintiffs argue section 226.”

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