To establish a payment procedure to allow reimbursement to other county local mental health programs for the provision of mental health inpatient services to a Los Angeles County resident when such services are provided outside of Los Angeles County. The Los Angeles County resident receiving the inpatient service may be a Medi-Cal beneficiary or an indigent with no third party coverage. The hospital providing the service must either be a Fee-For-Service (FFS), Short-Doyle/Medi-Cal (SD/MC), or a Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) Medical Director designated hospital. |