The 2023-24 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 10, 2023 - Instead, as a result of the federal legislation, the enhanced federal funding will ramp down over the course of calendar year 2023. Beginning in April 2023, the enhanced rate for most services will drop from 6.2  percentage points to 5  percentage points, then to 2.5  percentage points by July  2023, 1.5  percentage points by October 2023, and will be fully eliminated by January 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4675

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - We define a delay as an expenditure reduction that occurs in the budget window (2021 ‑22 through 2023 ‑24), but has an associated expenditure increase in a future year of the multiyear window (2024 ‑25 through 2026 ‑27).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - While the increased federal support was set initially to expire at the end of calendar year 2022, Congress extended the increased federal support through calendar year 2025. The increased federal support reduced premium costs for Californians by about $1.6  billion per year, with premiums dropping to $0 for many enrollees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

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 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 2022-23 Budget: California Spending Plan Series [Publication Details]

Sep 29, 2022 - Each year, our office publishes California Spending Plan, a series of publications that summarize the annual state budget. The Overview of the California Spending Plan is presented here along with short online posts that focus on major areas and features of the 2022-23 budget package. As more of these posts become available, we will add them below.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4629

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Crosscutting Issues

Apr 5, 2022 - These closures affected an average of about 950,000 students per year in 2017‑18 through 2019‑20. Schools and child care providers will need to plan for how they can maintain continuity of education and services—particularly for more vulnerable and impacted students—as climate change disruptions become more frequent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4575

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - Similar types of efforts from other non ‑health state departments likely will be considered in future years, such as potentially establishing heat or smoke safety standards for outdoor activities at schools, updating building codes, or making changes to general planning requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580

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