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

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - This proposal would provide all colleges with at least as much funding as they received under certain calculations in 2024 ‑ 25 —regardless of the number of students they serve in the future. The budget provides nearly $3.7  billion for schools and $487  million for community colleges to cover these adjustments and  proposals. $2.3   Billion One Time for Infrastructure.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - The medically tailored meals pilot program is a three ‑year pilot, which began in 2018, to provide Medi ‑Cal participants with congestive heart failure medically tailored meals. The 2020 ‑21 Budget Act extended the pilot through calendar year 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

The 2022-23 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 17, 2021 - However, legislative reauthorization of a similar MCO tax for a three ‑year period beginning in January 2023 could result in around $2 billion in annual General Fund savings relative to our projections in 2023 ‑24 and 2024 ‑25 and $1 billion in General Fund savings in 2025 ‑26.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4474

The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - In addition, DPH ’s new online application system, which it anticipates rolling out this calendar year, should result in needing fewer positions to process applications. Moreover, some CNA-related workload very likely will be temporary —for example, we anticipate an increase in applications and waiver request the next few years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - The administration projects $355  million General Fund in 2020 ‑21 and $406  million General Fund in 2021 ‑22 will be used for subsidies (this funding, respectively, funds the state subsidies for the 2021 and 2022 calendar years).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - The subsidies will be available beginning in January 2020 and continue for three years —through the end of calendar year 2022 —after which they will be repealed. Establishes State Individual Mandate and Penalty.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond [Publication Details]

Dec 16, 2022 - This brief looks at health care coverage in California; provides background on the drivers of the significant decline in the percentage of Californians without health care coverage over the last ten years; and discusses various issues that could impact the number of Californians with coverage, and how the type of coverage they have may change, in calendar year 2023 and beyond.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4654

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

Jul 13, 2023 - This means that the caps are equal to 25  percent of total county MHSA revenues (the product of 33  percent and 76  percent). Second, the caps are based on an average of the previous five years of CSS funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780