LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
  Policy 802.02 Disbursement of State/Federal Funds to Other County Departments
 
  PROCEDURES
The County match portion is authorized and may be disbursed provided:
 
  1. Billings from the following County Departments may be paid upon receipt of a Departmental Invoice (DI), provided that a Department Service Order (DSO) has been set up. DMH staff at the level of District or Division Chief, who are responsible for the control (organizational) unit using the services for which the expenditures were incurred, must sign off on the DI, indicating that the billed services were appropriate and delivered. Refer to DMH Policy 801.03 on “Processing Departmental Service Orders (DSO) – DSO Request Form.”
     
    • Auditor-Controller
    • Board of Supervisors
    • Building Services
    • Chief Administrative Office
    • Communications
    • County Counsel
    • Harbor/UCLA Medical Center (Ancillary for DMH Operations only)
    • High-Desert Hospital (DHS) – Laboratory Services
    • Hubert H. Humphrey (DHS) – Space
    • Internal Services
    • LAC/USC Medical Center (Ancillary for DMH operations only)
    • Mechanical
    • Mira Loma
    • Parks and Recreation
    • Personnel
    • Public Social Services
    • Purchasing/Stores
    • Sheriff
       
  2. Billings from the following County Departments may be paid upon the receipt of a Departmental Invoice (DI) and a billing invoice in the format prescribed by the DMH provided a DSO has been set up and that there is a written Interagency Agreement. The Interagency Agreement must be Director signed and in compliance with the above State requirements (see “Background”) for the fiscal year period for which services are being billed:
     
    • County/USC Medical Center
    • Harbor/UCLA Medical Center
    • Martin Luther King/AFH Medical Center
    • Olive View Medical Center
    • Children’s Services
    • Probation
    • Treasurer-Tax Collector
    • Superior Court
    • A DSO is in place
    • A DI is received
    • DMH staff responsible for the organizational unit using the services for which the expenditures were incurred have approved payment; or, if negotiated rates are in effect, the service units reported through the DMH Management Information System (MIS) may be used to make payment.