The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals

Mar 26, 2019 - California ’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals The state has already undone billions of dollars in outstanding budgetary deferrals, most notably, those involving payments to schools and community colleges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3988

The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals [Publication Details]

Mar 26, 2019 - The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals [Publication Details] The 2019-20 Budget: Undoing California’s Outstanding Budgetary Deferrals Format: HTML Description: When facing budget problems in the past, the state has “deferred” payments from one fiscal year into the next, providing significant one-time budgetary savings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3988

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - Citing concerns about the number of children eligible for Early Start services failing to receive these services within federally ‑mandated time lines, the Governor proposes adding four full ‑time positions at DDS (at a cost of $446,000 General Fund) to increase monitoring of regional center Early Start programs from once every three years to once every two years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 25, 2019 - Currently, the state minimum wage is $ 11 p er hour for businesses with 25 o r fewer employees and $ 12 p er hour for businesses with 26 o r more employees. The state minimum wage is statutorily scheduled to increase each year until it reaches $ 15 p er hour —in 2022 for the larger businesses and in 2023 for the smaller businesses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3952

The 2019-20 Budget: Using Proposition 56 Funding in Medi-Cal to Improve Access to Quality Care

Feb 22, 2019 - Beginning in 2018, managed care plans are required to certify that their networks meet these standards, or receive approval for an alternative standard, each year. Appointment Availability Requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3949

The 2019-20 Budget: Proposition 56 Revenues: Reductions in Fixed Allocations

Feb 14, 2019 - Hereafter, we refer to this problematic approach as the “year-over-year method. ” Year-Over-Year Method: an Example. The left-hand side of Figure  3 below illustrates the allocation for graduate medical education under the year-over-year method.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3939

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 13, 2019 - Increase DHCS Staffing to Improve Fiscal Estimates and Cash Monitoring To address concerns about DHCS ’s ability to estimate Medi ‑Cal spending and monitor cash flow, the Governor proposes to provide 25 p ermanent positions and $3. 8  m illion total funds ($1. 8  m illion General Fund) in 2019 ‑20 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3935

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor's Individual Health Insurance Market Affordability Proposals

Feb 7, 2019 - The federal APTC —specifically the portion that is advanced —is adjusted throughout the year to reflect changes in household circumstances, with a final reconciliation at the end of the year as households file their taxes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3927

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Separate from his proposals to pay down the CalSTRS unfunded liability, the Governor proposes providing $ 700  m illion over the next two years ($ 350  m illion per year) to provide school and community college districts immediate budget relief.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

Federal Approval of a Reauthorized Managed Care Organization Tax Now Appears More Likely

Dec 21, 2018 - Fiscal Year. The tax rates generally increase each fiscal year. MCO Structure. The MCO tax applies a unique tax rate to non-Medi-Cal enrollment in any MCO that qualifies as an “Alternate Health Care Service Plan, ” defined as a nonprofit health plan that has high statewide enrollment, that owns or operates pharmacies, and that exclusively contract with a single medical group in all of its geographic areas of operation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3915