Emmet County Board of Supervisors v. Ridout

WIGGINS, Justice.

We must decide whether there is statutory or common-law authority supporting a county’s claim for reimbursement for payments made on behalf of one of its residents for community-based mental health services under Iowa Code chapter 225C (2001), and whether the five-year statute of limitations precludes the county from re covering any payments made on behalf of one of its residents for inpatient mental health services at a state hospital under Iowa Code chapter 230. Because we agree with the district court that there is neither statutory nor common-law authority supporting the…