Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves [Publication Details]

Jul 13, 2023 - Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4780

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Restructuring of the MHSA Funding Categories and Impacts on County Spending [Publication Details]

Jul 13, 2023 - Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Restructuring of the MHSA Funding Categories and Impacts on County Spending [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4782

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal [Publication Details]

Feb 17, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal [Publication Details] Description: This post analyzes the Governor’s proposal in the Department of Health Care Services to provide $750 million General Fund—on a one-time basis—in competitive grants to counties to acquire or renovate facilities for community behavioral health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4379

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Dec 7, 2023 - This post provides our annual fiscal outlook for General Fund spending in Medi-Cal. It summarizes our projections, describes the major factors driving our projections, and highlights key uncertainties.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4820

Federal COVID-19 Response Actions Affecting Older Adults and Persons with Disabilities

Apr 16, 2020 - While county social workers must still perform initial assessments to determine IHSS eligibility, they may do so using a telehealth option in lieu of face-to-face visits. Additionally, counties may suspend recipient annual reassessments through June 30, 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4221

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project

Feb 19, 2021 - Importantly, counties can send felony ISTs to other counties ’ competency restoration programs. Accordingly, counties with high rates of felony IST referrals that do not operate programs are typically located adjacent to counties that do.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project [Publication Details]

Feb 19, 2021 - This post analyzes the Governor’s proposal in the Department of State Hospitals to provide $233.2 million General Fund in 2021-22 and $136.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4382

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

Jan 10, 2021 - These include: $750  Million to Strengthen County “Behavioral Health Continuum. ” As described earlier, the Governor proposes $750  million General Fund —made available over three years —for competitive grants to counties to purchase or renovate real estate for behavioral health facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Mental Health Services Act: Impact of Governor's Proposal on Funding for Children and Youth [Publication Details]

Aug 10, 2023 - In this post, we evaluate the impact of the Governor’s Behavioral Health Modernization proposal on Mental Health Services Act spending by counties on children and youth mental health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4786

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - Funding for County Eligibility Redeterminations. Once the PHE ends, counties will have 14 months to complete redeterminations of eligibility for all Medi-Cal enrollees. The spending plan includes $18.3  million General Fund ($36.5  million total funds) in 2021-22 and $54.8  million General Fund ($109.5  million total funds) in 2022-23 to support the associated increase in county workload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642