COUNTY OF ORANGE HEALTH CARE AGENCY

OC HEALTH CARE AGENCY is a regional provider, charged with protecting and promoting individual, family and community health through coordination of public and private sector resources. HCA's service service environment is complex with 180 different funding sources and over 200 State and Federal mandates. The mandates under which HCA operates require the County to provide for, or to regulate, certain health services. Many also carry specific requirements for staffing, operations, claiming and record-keeping.Many of HCA's services are preventaive in nature and therefore are not readily apparent to the public. Some examples include food protection, hazardous waste regulation, water quality monitoring, mental health services, alcohol and drug abuse services, communicable disease control, immunizations and public health clinics.