Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute all necessary agreements, and any subsequent amendments, between the City of Long Beach and the State of California Health Benefits Exchange (also known as “Covered California”) to accept funding in the amount of $225,267 for a nine month period from October 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015, to facilitate outreach, enrollment, and retention into the insurance programs offered through Covered California, with an option for a one-year renewal and cash bonus contingent upon achieving enrollment goals (Bonus Pool = $7,500 per 100 effectuated); and increase appropriations in the Health Fund (SR 130) in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) by $225,267.  (Citywide)
Item 11 is a report from Health and Human Services recommendation to authorize city manager to execute an agreement with the State of California Health Benefits Exchange to accept funding in the amount of 225000 to 67, to facilitate outreach, enrollment and retention into the insurance programs offered through Calvert, California Citywide. So there's been a motion and a second. So any member of the public that wishes to address Council on item 11 seeing none. Are there any questions for staff? Would anyone like a staff report? Yeah, I'd like a quick staff report, please. Council member Austin Kelly Colby. We return the microphone to Cheryl Barrett, who's the, ah, director of Bureau of Policy Prevention. And I'm just going to learn that now about policy funding and prevention. And she is the one who is leading this grant. Thank you. Thank you for the opportunity to provide a brief staff report on this. So we're excited about this grant with Covered California. This strengthens our position as a certified enrollment entity in the city of Long Beach, but this actually provides us reimbursement for those enrollments under Covered California per say. So this is an effort of community as well as the Long Beach Health Department to work with the California Health Benefit Exchange to recognize local health departments as groups that should also get reimbursed for the work that we're doing. So in addition to the work that we're doing under Medi-Cal enrollment, we are now able to get recognized and also get reimbursed for the enrollment, retention and utilization work that we're doing for those eligible for subsidies. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Councilmember Austin, is there any further discussion on item 11? Seeing nonmembers cast your vote, Madam Clerk. I'm a yes. Motion carry eight zero. Item 12. Item 12 is a report from Police and Financial Management recommendation to award a contract to legacy inmate communications to provide inmate telephone and video visitation services at the Long Beach City Jail.