1. Ifthe judge of the district court finds pursuant to section 225.11 that the respondent is an appropriate subject forplacement at the state psychiatric hospital, and thatthe respondent, or those legally responsible for the respondent, are able to pay the expenses associated with the placement, the judge shall enter an order directing that the respondent shall be sent to the state psychiatric hospital at the state university of Iowa for observation, treatment, and hospital care as a committed private patient. 2. When the respondent arrives at the hospital, the respondent shall receive the same treatment as isprovided for committed public patients in section 225.15, in compliance with sections 229.13 through 229.16. 2024amendment tosubsection2effectiveJuly1,2025;2024Acts,ch1161,§137 Subsection2amended
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