The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Higher Temporary Federal Health Insurance Subsidies … For calendar years 2021 and 2022, the ARP Act temporarily increases federal subsidies for health insurance coverage purchased through the ACA health benefit exchanges.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - The Governor ’s May Revision includes $5  million CFRF in 2021 ‑22, $50  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23, $40  million General Fund in 2024 ‑25, and $5  million General Fund in 2025 ‑26 to the California Department of Public Health to implement a behavioral health literacy awareness campaign.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

The 2021-22 Budget: Department of Developmental Services (DDS) May Revision Budget Proposal

May 24, 2021 - (While the higher HCBS matching rate can only be claimed on state HCBS spending between April 1, 2021 through March  31, 2022, states can use the additional funds generated through March  31, 2024.) The ARP Act stipulated that funding could not supplant state funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4438

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 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

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - While the number of hospital inpatient bed days was roughly unchanged between 2020 and 2019 (on net), physician and nonphysician encounters were down by around 10  percent year over year. As Figure  5 shows, physician and nonphysician encounters have gradually, but not fully, returned to 2019 levels by the last quarter of 2020.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426

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

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

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services—An Interim Update

Apr 19, 2021 - (Some individuals —particularly children —receive only case management services from RCs, but either do not need additional services at the time or receive needed services outside of the RC system, such as through schools.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415

The 2021-22 Budget: Assessment of CalHEERS Dashboard

Mar 25, 2021 - While the majority of issues are targeted to be addressed in CalHEERS releases over the next 24 m onths (informing the 24 ‑month CalHEERS roadmap), some issues are scheduled to be addressed in a 2024 r elease once the state migrates from its current SAWS to a single system called the CalSAWS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4408