Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes [Publication Details]

Apr 29, 2025 - This post discusses a new process introduced by the administration to plan, develop, and implement generative artificial intelligence projects—the Project Delivery Lifecycle—and its potential impacts on legislative oversight of technology projects.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5034

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - As a result, nearly all information relevant to assess the POC process will either be newly available or remains confidential because several of the GenAI POCs are in active procurement. POCs are a central component of the new PDL planning process but, due to the delayed time line for the first round of GenAI POCs, the Legislature does not have any information to evaluate the POC process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF THE 2000 BUDGET ACT, 5240

The BSA review shall further examine the opportunity for redirecting any POC resources not needed for offenders who are now inappropriately referred to POCs, and thus should be phased out of the POC caseload, to provide enhanced and more intensive treatment services for parolees who should appropriately receive treatment at POCs.
https://lao.ca.gov/2000/supp_lang/2000_supp_lang_5240.html

^[PDF] LAO 1999 Budget Analysis: Judiciary & Criminal Justice Chapter

We further recommend that the cessation of these referrals not lead to a reduction of POC staffing and resources, but instead to expanded and more intensive POC services for the seriously mentally disordered parol- ees remaining on its caseload.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/crim_justice/crim_just_anl99.pdf

LAO 2004 Budget Analysis:Department of Corrections (5240)

For example, one analysis conducted by CDC staff indicates that mentally ill offenders who received POC and case management services stayed in the community longer than similar offenders. The CDC projects that over 5,000 new parolees will receive POC services under the program expansion and the resulting reduction in recidivism will reduce state incarceration costs by $14  million each year, not including offsetting implementation costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/crim_justice/cj_07_5240_anl04.htm

^[PDF] LAO 2004 Budget Analysis: Judiciary & Criminal Justice Chapter

For example, one analysis conducted by CDC staff indicates that mentally ill offenders who received POC and case management services stayed in the community longer than similar offenders. The CDC projects that over 5,000 new parolees will receive POC services under the program expansion and the resulting reduction in recidivism will reduce state incarceration costs by $14 million each year, not including offsetting implementation costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2004/crim_justice/crimjust_anl04.pdf

LAO Analysis of the 1999-00 Budget Bill Criminal Justice Crosscutting Issues

We further recommend that the cessation of these referrals not lead to a reduction of POC staffing and resources, but instead to expanded and more intensive POC services for the se riously mentally disordered parolees remaining on its caseload.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_1999/crim_justice/crim_justice_crosscutting_anl99.html

^[PDF] SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT OF THE 2000 BUDGET ACT 2000-01 FISCAL YEAR CONTAINING STATEMENTS OF INTENT OR REQUESTS FOR STUDIES ADOPTED BY THE LEGISLATURE

https://lao.ca.gov/2000/supp_lang/061500_supp_lang.pdf

^[PDF] Maximizing Federal Reimbursement For Parolee Mental Health Care

While CDCR pays for medications for many POC patients, the Medi-Cal Program pays for POC-prescribed medications for individuals enrolled in Medi-Cal. The department estimates that POC staff will provide such services to about 17,000 parolees in 2013-14—roughly one-third of the total parolee population.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis/2013/crim_justice/federal-reimbursement/fed-reimbursement-parolee-mental-health-050613.pdf

2000 Budget Analysis: CJ Mentally Ill

The CDC pro poses that these services be provided within the structure of its existing POC system, with most of the additional staffing proposed in the budget plan housed at POCs. Clinician st affing would be at levels allowing caseloads of 100 parolees to 1 staffer instead of the more than 160 to 1 caseloads now common at POCs.
https://lao.ca.gov/analysis_2000/crim_justice/cj_2_cc_mentally_ill_anl00.htm