LOS ANGELES COUNTY
DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH
  Policy 559.01 Information Integrity
 
Policy Category:  Administrative
Distribution Level:  Directly Operated Programs and Contracted Agencies
Responsible Party:  Chief Information Office
 
Approved by Edgar M. Soto, MBA, CSP, Administrative Deputy III, on January 23, 2020
 
I.  POLICY STATEMENT
 
The purpose of this policy is to secure protected health information (PHI) and other confidential information from unauthorized or unintentional alteration and/or destruction.

Contracted agencies shall develop an internal policy and associated procedures that are consistent with their organizational practices and meet the requirements set forth in this policy.
 
II.  DEFINITIONS
 
III.  POLICY
 
Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (DMH) must ensure that appropriate authentication mechanisms are implemented and enforced to corroborate stored data within its possession has not been altered or destroyed in an unauthorized and/or unintentional manner.

System Managers/Owners are responsible for implementing and enforcing integrity checks, using the integrity control processes specified in the procedure section and reporting any suspicious findings to DMH Departmental Information Security Officer (DISO).  All workforce members must also report any unauthorized, suspicious, and/or unintentional data modification or destruction to System Managers/Owners.
 
IV.  PROCEDURES
 
V.  AUTHORITIES