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

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes to pay down $8.4  billion of this amount, with districts receiving the associated cash in 2021 ‑22. Slightly more than $4  billion would remain deferred from 2021 ‑22 to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details]

Jan 10, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget [Publication Details] Description: This report provides a brief summary and initial assessment of the proposed 2021-22 Governor’s Budget. Correction 1/11/21: Totals for immediate and early action proposals have been corrected.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4309

The 2021-22 Budget: California Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Response [Publication Details]

Feb 8, 2021 - The 2021-22 Budget: California Department of Public Health’s COVID-19 Response [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/4351

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

May 6, 2021 - According to the Department of Finance, the ARP subsidies will be adjusted upward for the months of May 2021 through December 2021 to retroactively ensure customers receive the higher subsidies for the first four months of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions [Publication Details]

May 6, 2021 - COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions [Publication Details] COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions Format: HTML Description: On March 11, 2021, the President signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARP Act)—a $1.9 trillion coronavirus disease 2019 relief package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/4425

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - Assets used in a business ✔ Assets being sold ✔ Assets were not counted if applicant showed they were making a “bona fide effort to sell. ” 2021 ‑22 Budget Package Phased Out Asset Test. The 2021 ‑22 budget package included trailer bill legislation that phased out the asset test for seniors and persons with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - BHCIP Created in 2021 ‑22 Budget. The  2021 ‑22 budget plan included $2.2  billion (later reduced, as described below) to create BHCIP. (This amount was originally the sum of $1.7  billion General Fund and $530  million in federal funding, but the federal funding was shifted to the General  Fund in December 2024, making the General Fund the sole funding source for BHCIP.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - As   Figure  6 shows, while brand drugs represented a small share of commercial health plan fee‑for‑service claims in 2021, they comprised a majority of spending. Costs also are higher for consumers, with average out‑of‑pocket costs more than four times the cost for brand drugs than generics.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown in Figure  4 , General Fund spending for these programs has increased substantially since 2021 ‑22, with ECM spending increasing by $308  million (466  percent) and Community Supports spending increasing by $68  million (317  percent).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - The 2021 bu dget package raised the asset limit to $130,000 for individuals and $195,000 for couples effective July 2022, and fully eliminated the asset test as of January 1, 2024.) The surge also aligns with the implementation of additional federal flexibilities meant to limit the impacts of eligibility redeterminations being conducted by counties for the first time since the beginning of the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941