(c) In assessing whether the pilot program creates any additional cost to the General Fund, as described in subdivision (a), the department shall specifically consider all of the following factors, and may consider additional factors:

1. (1) Increases in the number of Medi-Cal beneficiaries assigned by the plan to cost-based primary care providers. To enable the department to evaluate these factors, the department may include in the contract amendments establishing the pilot program a requirement that contractors shall periodically report data regarding the number of plan members assigned to each cost-based primary care provider in the plan’s network.
2. (2) Expansions in the services provided by providers entitled to cost-based reimbursement under the Medi-Cal program.
3. (3) Medi-Cal caseload or plan membership growth.
4. (4) Inflation or other reasonable costs of provider operations.

5. (5) The necessity for a plan to assign plan members to specific primary care providers to meet all of the following requirements:

   1. (A) Medi-Cal contract requirements for access to care.
   2. (B) Unique Medi-Cal member cultural and linguistic needs.
   3. (C) Unique member needs for age-appropriate, gender-appropriate, or pregnancy care requirements.