The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - Overview of Projections Below, we summarize our projected adjustments to the Medi ‑Cal budget and describe the major drivers of these changes in the current year (2022 ‑23), budget year (2023 ‑24), and longer term (2024 ‑25 through 2026 ‑27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4649

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - The funds will be transferred soon, but the state has until December 31, 2024 to use the funds. The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently released detailed guidance with more detail on how these funds can be used.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - The General Fund cost of these 21  initiatives will continue to ramp up significantly, as  follows: $250 million in 2021‑22. $524  million in 2022 ‑23. $896  million in 2023 ‑24. $923  million in 2024 ‑25. $1.45  billion in 2025 ‑26 and ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - COVID-19 Testing in Schools. The spending plan includes $200  million General Fund in 2021-22 for the state to directly purchase COVID-19 tests for schools and $102  million General Fund ($405  million total funds) in 2022-23 for schools to bill Medi-Cal for COVID-19 testing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 18, 2020 - In this web post, we describe the major factors that we expect to drive changes in General Fund spending in Medi‑Cal over the near term—in 2020‑21 and 2021‑22—and over the longer term through 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4299

The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Feb 16, 2023 - Half of the delayed funds would be provided in 2024‑25 with the remaining amount provided in 2025‑26. In addition, the Governor’s budget proposes to delay $250 million in BHBH funding previously budgeted in 2023‑24 to 2024‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4689

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - When the state created the requirement for supplemental payments, it had anticipated a steep drop in the minimum guarantee that would affect school and community college funding for several years. The supplemental payments were intended to accelerate the recovery from this drop, with payments growing from $2.3  billion in 2021 ‑22 to more than $6  billion by 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - The Governor proposes delaying the implementation of this two ‑year program until 2024 ‑25. In last year’s analysis , we raised several issues with the design of these grants—all of these concerns still apply.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Medi-Cal Student Services Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - Below, we describe two other Governor ’s budget proposals that may have a significant interaction with this proposal. $25   Million One Time to Expand County ‑School Partnership Grant Program. See our budget post, The 2021‑22 Budget: School Mental Health , for a description of this proposal. $25   Million Ongoing in Proposition   98 Matching Funds for County Children ’s Mental Health Projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

Estimated Cost of Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal Coverage to All Otherwise-Eligible Californians Regardless of Immigration Status

May 5, 2021 - For example, over the last year during COVID-19, restricted-scope enrollment among undocumented immigrants has increased significantly. Were the Legislature to expand coverage, we project that much of the higher restricted-scope enrollment seen during the pandemic would apply to the new full-scope population and would continue for the most of calendar year 2022, after which enrollment would return to roughly pre-pandemic levels and trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4423