1. A mental health professional or an employee of or agent for a mental health facility may disclose mental health information if and to the extent necessary, to meet the requirements of section 229.24, 229.25, 230A.108,* 232.74, or 232.147, or to meet the compulsory reporting or disclosure requirements of other state or federal law relating to the protection of human health and safety.
2. Mental health information acquired by a mental health professional pursuant to a court-ordered examination may be disclosed pursuant to court rules.
3. Mental health information may be disclosed by a mental health professional if and to the extent necessary, to initiate or complete civil commitment proceedings under chapter 229.
4. a. Mental health information may be disclosed in a civil or administrative proceeding in which an individual eighteen years of age or older or an individual’s legal representative or, in the case of a deceased individual, a party claiming or defending through a beneficiary of the individual, offers the individual’s mental or emotional condition as an element of a claim or a defense.
b. Mental health information may be disclosed in a criminal proceeding pursuant to section 622.10, subsection 4.
5. An individual eighteen years of age or older or an individual’s legal representative or any other party in a civil, criminal, or administrative action, in which mental health information has been or will be disclosed, may move the court to denominate, style, or caption the names of all parties as “JOHN OR JANE DOE” or otherwise protect the anonymity of all of the parties. 86 Acts, ch 1082, §6; 2011 Acts, ch 8, §1, 3; 2013 Acts, ch 90, §51; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §71, 137 Referred to in §228.2, 237.21 *Section 230A.108 repealed by Acts, ch 1161, §1342024 Acts, ch 1161, §134; corrective legislation is pending 2024 amendment to subsection 1 effective July 1, 2025; 2024 Acts, ch 1161, §137 Subsection 1 amended \n
Notes of Decisions
State v. Medina, 165 N.W.2d 777 (Iowa 1969).
· cites it 2× “” Section 228.6, subd. 1. With exceptions not here applicable “Said commission shall * * * have jurisdiction of all applications for the commitment to the state hospitals for the mentally ill, or for the otherwise safekeeping of mentally ill persons within its county.”
Jessenia Burton, Nancy Burton & Tracy Burton v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co. (Iowa 2025).
· cites it 15× “” Iowa Code § 228.6 (4)(a) (2023). A different provision of the Code, however, prohibits the disclosure of certain mental health information in a judicial proceeding, providing that “a person in possession of psychological test material shall not disclose the material to any…”
State of Iowa v. Kurt Jan Munn (Iowa Ct. App. 2014).
· cites it 9× “After Munn explained the nature of his intended line of questioning and how it was relevant to his claim of self-defense, the court remarked: “For purposes of the court’s analysis, I believe that Iowa Code section 228.6(4)(b) and Iowa Code section 622.”
In the Matter of R.K. (Iowa Ct. App. 2024).
· cites it 2× “See Iowa Code § 228.6 (3). 5 on prescribed medications, stating she was released from the hospital because she had neither methamphetamine nor “a certain medication in my system that I’m prescribed.”
— Iowa Code § 228.6(1) — 1 case
— Iowa Code § 228.6(4) — 1 case
— Iowa Code § 228.6(4)(a) — 1 case
Jessenia Burton, Nancy Burton & Tracy Burton v. West Bend Mut. Ins. Co. (Iowa 2025).
“” Iowa Code § 228.6 (4)(a) (2023). A different provision of the Code, however, prohibits the disclosure of certain mental health information in a judicial proceeding, providing that “a person in possession of psychological test material shall not disclose the material to any…”
— Iowa Code § 228.6(4)(b) — 1 case
State of Iowa v. Kurt Jan Munn (Iowa Ct. App. 2014).
“After Munn explained the nature of his intended line of questioning and how it was relevant to his claim of self-defense, the court remarked: “For purposes of the court’s analysis, I believe that Iowa Code section 228.6(4)(b) and Iowa Code section 622.”
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