RESOLUTION NO. 25.XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
LAGUNA BEACH, CALIFORNIA, AUTHORIZING/RATIFYING
EXECUTION OF THE INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT(S)
REGARDING THE TRANSFER OF PUBLIC FUNDS TO THE
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH CARE SERVICES (DHCS), AND THE
HEALTH PLAN PROVIDER AGREEMENT WITH CALOPTIMA,
TO PARTICIPATE IN THE MEDI-CAL RATE RANGE
INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER (IGT) PROGRAM
WHEREAS, since 2006, the California Department of Health Care Services (“DHCS") has offered local agencies that provide health care the opportunity to secure additional Medi-Cal revenues by participating in a voluntary Intergovernmental Transfer (“IGT") program with their local Medi-Cal managed care plan provider; and
WHEREAS, CalOptima, a California public agency ("CalOptima"), is the County Organized Health System created by the Orange County Board of Supervisors to serve as the local Medi-Cal managed care plan provider for Orange County; and WHEREAS, CalOptima, contracts with the State of California to administer additional Medi-Cal revenues to qualified public entities to offset previously unreimbursed costs for serving Medi-Cal plan members; and
WHEREAS, the City of Laguna Beach is a provider of health care that receives payment from CalOptima pursuant to an agreement for the provision of emergency medical transport services to Medi-Cal members on a fee -for -service basis, but has unreimbursed costs associated with providing these services; and
WHEREAS, participation in the IGT program with DHCS and CalOptima provides an opportunity for the City to recover previously unreimbursed costs associated with providing services to Medi-Cal members; and
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WHEREAS, the IGT program requires participants to contribute to the non- federal share of Medi-Cal Managed Care, which DHCS will combine with related federal funds and distribute to local Medi-Cal managed care plan providers for distribution to participating local agencies to reimburse unfunded costs for serving Medi-Cal plan members; and WHEREAS, the local funds contribution for the City to DHCS is One Hundred FortyThree Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars ($143,400); and WHEREAS, the local funds contribution for the City to DHCS is One Hundred FortyThree Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars ($143,400), with an anticipated return of Three Hundred Thirty-Nine Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eight-Six Dollars ($339,886), resulting in a net gain of approximately One Hundred and Ninety-Six Thousand, Five Hundred and Fifty-Six Dollars ($196,556); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 14301.4(d)(1), the nonfederal share contribution is subject to a twenty percent (20%) administrative fee to reimburse DHCS for the administrative costs of operating the IGT program.
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LAGUNA BEACH DOES RESOLVE:
SECTION 1. The recitals provided in this resolution are true and correct and are incorporated into the operative part of this resolution.
SECTION 2. The City Council does hereby authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute payment to DHCS and CalOptima Health in the amount of One Hundred Forty-Three Thousand, Four Hundred Dollars ($143,400), plus a twenty percent (20%) administrative fee to participate in the IGT program; and ratifying/directing the City Manager to execute all required 5 -3- Reso. #
documents to participate in the IGT program.
SECTION 3. Approve a budget amendment to increase General Fund appropriations by $143,400 in the Fire Department’s FY 2025-26 and increase revenue estimates by $339,886 to reflect participation in the IGT program and direct the City Manager to execute payment to DHCS and CalOptima Health.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this resolution is, for any reason, held to be invalid or unconstitutional, such decision shall not affect the validity or constitutionality of the remaining portions of this resolution. The City Council hereby declares that it would have passed this resolution, and each section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase hereof, irrespective of the fact that any one or more sections, subsections, sentences, clauses or phrases be declared invalid or unconstitutional.
SECTION 5. The City Council finds the adoption of this resolution is not subject to the California Environmental Quality Act ("CEQA") pursuant to Sections 15060 (c)(2) (the activity will not result in a direct or reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment) and 15060 (c)(3) (the activity is not a project as defined in Section 15378) of the CEQA Guidelines, because it has no potential for resulting in physical change to the environment, directly or indirectly.
SECTION 6. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon its adoption by the City Council, and the City Clerk shall certify the vote adopting the resolution.
ADOPTED this 23rd day of September, 2025.
Alex Rounaghi, Mayor
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ATTEST:
Ann Marie McKay, City Clerk
I, Ann Marie McKay, City Clerk of the City of Laguna Beach, certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 25.XXX was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of said City held on September 23, 2025, by the following vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS:
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS:
City Clerk, City of Laguna Beach, CA
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