Staff
Mark Newton
(916) 319-8323
Deputy Legislative Analyst: Health, Developmental Services, and Technology
Jason Constantouros
(916) 319-8322
Medi-Cal/Managed Care/Family Health/Health Care Affordability and Workforce Development
Brian Metzker
(916) 319-8354
Privacy, Security, and Technology
Angela Short
(916) 319-8309
Child Welfare, Child Support, Community Services and Development, Community Care Licensing, CalSTRS
Karina Hendren
(916) 319-8352
Medi-Cal/Long-Term Care/Developmental Services
Will Owens
(916) 319-8341
Public Health/Behavioral Health/State Hospitals
Sonia Schrager Russo
(916) 319-8361
CalWORKs/CalFresh
Juwan Trotter
(916) 319-8358
In-Home Supportive Services/Aging Programs
Ginni Bella Navarre
(916) 319-8342
Deputy Legislative Analyst: Human Services and Governance


Publications

Health and Human Services

To browse all LAO publications, visit our Publications page.



Report

Analysis of the 2006-07 Budget Bill, Health and Social Services Chapter

February 23, 2006 - Analysis of the 2006-07 Budget Bill, Health and Social Services Chapter


Report

Mental Health Mandates Continue to Pose Challenges

February 22, 2006 - State costs for reimbursing counties for two state-mandated programs to provide mental health services for school children have grown significantly in recent years. Moreover, serious weaknesses are evident in the system for delivering these services for children in special education programs. To help guide legislative policy-making in this area, we provide background information on these two mandates, assess the Governor’s budget and policy proposals relating to them, and outline the Legislature’s options for addressing these issues.


Report

Assessing Recent State Efforts: Health Care for the "Hard-to-Insure"

December 7, 2005 - Chapter 794, Statutes of 2002 (AB 1401, Thomson), directed the Legislative Analyst’s Office (LAO) to evaluate the effectiveness of the measure in providing heath care coverage to individuals who are otherwise unable to obtain health benefits (the "hard-to-insure"). While we found there is now only limited information available to assess the outcome of various aspects of AB 1401, we concluded the measure has increased the state’s capacity to help hard-to-insure individuals access health coverage using the same level of state resources. Based upon our evaluation, we present several recommendations to improve the program by potentially reducing its costs to enrollees and the state.


Handout

Children's Services and Foster Care Overview

November 22, 2005 - Assembly Select Committee on Foster Care


Handout

California's Fiscal Outlook--The Implications for Medi-Cal

November 16, 2005 - Presented to Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services


Handout

California's Fiscal Outlook--The Implications for Developmental Services

November 16, 2005 - Presented to the Budget Subcommittee #1 on Health and Human Services


Handout

The Future of Proposition 36 Funding

November 2, 2005 - Presented to the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No.1 on Health and Human Services


Letter

Medi-Cal Expenditure Projection Comparison

August 16, 2005 - We identify the differences between the projections of Medi-Cal Program expenditures recently released by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) and those prepared by our office, and shed light on the reasons for those differences.


Handout

LAO Child Care Recommendations

April 28, 2005 - Presented to: Senate Budget Committee No. 3 on Health and Human Services


Handout

Department of Technology Services

April 28, 2005 - Presented to the Little Hoover Commission on April 28, 2005.


Handout

Children's Services Overview

March 16, 2005 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1 On Health and Human Services


Report

Part "D" Stands for "Deficit": How the Medicare Drug Benefit Affects Medi-Cal

March 15, 2005 - The Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement and Modernization Act, also referred to as the Medicare Modernization Act (MMA) makes significant changes to the federal Medicare program. The implementation of the Medicare drug benefit component of MMA, known as Part D, is likely to cause significant net financial losses to the state for years and have other major programmatic impacts on Medi-Cal. We recommend some limited actions and strategies the Legislature can take to address these potential problems.


Handout

CalWORKs Program Overview Hearing

March 9, 2005 - Presented to Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 1


Other

Index of Information Technology Issues in the Analysis of the 2005-06 Budget Bill

February 24, 2005 - Index of Information Technology Issues in the Analysis of the Budget Bill, 2005-06


Report

Proposition 99: Too Many Programs, Too Few Dollars

February 24, 2005 - We recommend the Legislature approve the Governor’s budget proposal for Proposition 99-funded programs, which shifts allocations of tobacco tax revenues to maximize resources for health programs and achieve General Fund savings. We further recommend that the Legislature begin this year to address the long-term issues posed by the present structure of Proposition 99.