The 2016-17 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 11, 2016 - This year –over –year increase is due to several factors, such as projected increases in caseload and the loss of General Fund savings due to the impending sunset of the MCO tax and the hospital QAF.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3350

Section 1115 Waiver Renewal: Key Medi-Cal Financing Issues Remain Outstanding

Oct 13, 2015 - Below, we briefly summarize the major projects proposed in the waiver, and provide the additional five-year federal funding amount  associated with each project. None of the projects would involve state spending through a General Fund match.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3301

Section 1115 Waiver Renewal: Key Medi-Cal Financing Issues Remain Outstanding [Publication Details]

Oct 13, 2015 - Section 1115 Waiver Renewal: Key Medi-Cal Financing Issues Remain Outstanding [Publication Details] Section 1115 Waiver Renewal: Key Medi-Cal Financing Issues Remain Outstanding Format: HTML Description: Earlier this year, California submitted a proposal to renew its Section 1115 waiver, which is due to expire at the end of October.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3301

Upcoming Changes in Medi-Cal Create Fiscal and Policy Uncertainty

Oct 9, 2015 - Under the current waiver, the state received a total of $10  billion in federal funding over five years to implement a number of programs in Medi-Cal, such as the Low-Income Health Program that expanded Medi-Cal coverage to low-income adults who were not previously eligible for Medi-Cal in advance of ACA ’s coverage expansion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3300

The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Health and Human Services)

Jun 19, 2015 - Restores In –Home Supportive Services (IHSS) Service Hours From Prior –Year 7  Percent Reduction. The budget package includes $226  million General Fund, on a one –time basis, to restore IHSS services hours that had been reduced by 7  percent in a prior –year budget action.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3277

The 2013-14 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget [Publication Details]

Feb 27, 2013 - For the most part, the year-over-year budget changes reflect caseload changes, technical budget adjustments, and the implementation of previously enacted policy changes, as opposed to new policy proposals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2698

The 2012-13 Budget: Developmental Services Budget Update [Publication Details]

Mar 1, 2012 - Over the three-year period from 2009-10 to 2011-12, the Department of Developmental Services’ (DDS) General Fund spending has remained relatively flat. This has been the case in spite of rapidly growing caseloads and other cost pressures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2584

The 2012–13 Budget: Analysis of the Governor's Healthy Families Program Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2012 - Specifically, the savings in the budget year may be less than the administration’s estimates, and the proposal will disrupt healthcare services for some HFP enrollees and may impact access to providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2568

An Alternative Approach: Treating the Incompetent to Stand Trial [Publication Details]

Jan 3, 2012 - An Alternative Approach: Treating the Incompetent to Stand Trial [Publication Details] Video Description: Over the past several years, the state has experienced waitlists in county jails to transfer those deemed incompetent to stand trial (IST) to state hospitals for treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2549

The 2010-11 Budget: Health and Social Services Budget Primer [Publication Details]

Mar 26, 2010 - The 2010-11 Budget: Health and Social Services Budget Primer [Publication Details] The 2010-11 Budget: Health and Social Services Budget Primer Format: HTML Description: In 2009-10, expenditures for health and social services programs in California are estimated to be about $25 billion or 29 percent of statewide General Fund spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2245