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

Feb 25, 2019 - In 14 San Francisco Bay Area cities, the local minimum wage is already at or above $ 15 p er hour. Nearly 40  p ercent of the state ’s population lives in areas with these higher local minimum wages.
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 - In this case, risk is transferred from the state to managed care plans, as plans are required to deliver services even if, in a given year, the costs exceed the funding provided. . . . As Well as Drawbacks.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3949

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

Feb 13, 2019 - Create New Special Fund to Smooth Impact of Drug Rebates on Medi‑Cal Budget The Governor additionally proposes to create a new special fund into which drug rebates would be deposited before being transferred to the General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3935

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

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor proposes attributing this $ 700  m illion deposit to the 2018 ‑19 fiscal year, although the actual transfer likely would take place after June 30, 2019. No Deposit Into School ’s Constitutional Reserve Required.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - Second, some DC employees transfer to another state department (for example, in the final three months of 2017, 130 e mployees transferred to other state departments, such as the Department of State Hospitals and the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

The 2017-18 Budget: Overview of the Governor's May Revision Medi-Cal Budget Proposal

May 17, 2017 - Much of this reduction is attributable to shifts in hospital quality assurance fee payments and intergovernmental transfer payments to public hospitals from 2015 ‑16 and the first half of 2016 ‑17 into 2017 ‑18, as well as to higher than anticipated prescription drug rebates in 2016 ‑17.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3674

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget [Publication Details]

Mar 9, 2017 - These include the Governor’s proposed uses of Proposition 56 revenues, the proposal to shift additional New Qualified Immigrants (NQIs) to Covered California in 2017‑18, assumptions around federal CHIP funding, and the proposed abolition and transfer of the Major Risk Medical Insurance Fund (MRMIF).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3612

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Mar 9, 2017 - The Governor ’s budget proposes to abolish MRMIF and transfer its fund balance and any ongoing revenue from the Managed Care Administrative Fines and Penalties Fund into a newly created Health Care Services Plans and Penalties Fund, which will fund ongoing Medi ‑Cal services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3612

The 2017-18 Budget: The Coordinated Care Initiative: A Critical Juncture

Feb 27, 2017 - For instance, the Legislature would have to consider which IHSS administrative responsibilities —such as for eligibility determinations and needs assessments —would remain with counties and which would transfer to managed care plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3585

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 24, 2017 - Currently, more than 20  cities in California have a minimum wage that is higher than the state ’s. The mechanism by which a service provider may request a rate increase from DDS to cover its higher staffing costs due to a factor such as a local minimum wage increase is to submit a health and safety (H &S) waiver through the vendoring RC for each consumer served by a provider.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3581