CC RESOLUTION NO. 2023- 9238
FD RESOLUTION NO. 2023-369
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN MARCOS AND THE BOARD OF THE SAN MARCOS FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT APPROVING CONTINUED PARTICIPATION IN THE PUBLIC PROVIDER GROUND EMERGENCY MEDICAL TRANSPORT (PP- GEMT) PROGRAM, ASSOCIATED INTERGOVERNMENTAL TRANSFER (IGT) PAYMENTS, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE PROGRAM AND RELATED DOCUMENTS WHEREAS, the San Marcos Fire Department currently participates in the voluntary Public Provider Ground Emergency Medical Transportation (PP-GEMT) program and is approved to continue participation in the program; WHEREAS, the San Marcos Fire Department currently collects revenue from qualified Medi-Cal Managed Care (MC) and fee-for-services (FFS) PP-GEMT medical transports; WHEREAS, the PP-GEMT program will only remain successful if agencies continue to contribute their voluntary quarterly intergovernmental transfer program payments, and the federal funding program will cease if public providers do not contribute their voluntary IGT payments; WHEREAS, the cost to participate in the PP-GEMT program has been approved in the approved FY2024 operating budget; WHEREAS, the estimated annual cost to continue participating in the PP-GEMT program is $900,000 and subject to change based on public provider agency participation; and WHEREAS, it is estimated that the revenue received from qualified PP-GEMT ambulance transports will be $1,200,000, resulting in a net increase in ambulance transport revenue of $300,000.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that:
The City Council of the City of San Marcos. acting in its own capacity and in its capacity as the Board of the San Marcos Fire Protection District. does hereby approve the continued participation in the PP-GEMT program, associated IGT payments, and delegates authority to the City Manager or designee to finalize and execute any and all PP-GEMT program documents.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of San Marcos, at a regularly scheduled Council Meeting thereof, this 14th day of November, 2023 by the following roll call vote:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS:
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS/DIRECTORS
Rebecca Jones, Mayor, City of San Marcos
Chair, San Marcos Fire Protection District Board
ATTEST:
Phillip Scollick, City Clerk, City of San Marcos
Board Clerk, San Marcos Fire Protection District
Resolution No. 2023-9238
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