The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Some of the largest spending augmentations proposed include: (1) $60  million to provide additional grants under the Cal Competes program; (2)  the intent to partially restore an ongoing reduction to the trial courts, which, if enacted, would cost $42  million ongoing; and (3)  the Governor ’s proposed expansion to College Corps, which would cost $5  million in 2025 ‑26, but grow to $84  million  ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - Reflecting this change, health-related trailer bill legislation (Chapter  42 of 2023 [AB  118, Committee on Budget]) expands the Whole Child Model to 12 of these counties, with the change scheduled to begin January 2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - The Governor ’s budget includes 748 positions at HCAI in 2024 ‑25, an increase of 42 positions (5.9  percent) over the previous year. Of this amount, 16 positions are proposed to help administer the department ’s portfolio of workforce initiatives and would be supported by existing one-time General Fund and various special funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The spending plan includes $958  million General Fund in 2022-23 for local assistance and $42  million General Fund in 2022-23 for state operations (for a total of $1  billion General Fund) to support the BHBH program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - Create pilot to assist families in coordinating the receipt and delivery of services for DDS consumers living in the household. 42 Enhanced Community Integration for Children and Adolescents. Provide local grants to develop integrated community ‑based social recreational activities for children with and without developmental disabilities. 13 Adult Family Homes for Older Adults.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

Data Match Increases Veterans' Access to Benefits and Reduces State Costs [Publication Details]

Feb 21, 2007 - We estimate a shift of veterans from Medi-Cal to the federal Veterans Administration (V.A.) health system could save the state up to $250 million annually, while providing those veterans with quality health care services. We recommend that California join 42 other states participating in a federal data matching process that would facilitate achieving these goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1607

The 2018-19 Budget: Governor's May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 14, 2018 - DHCS requests expenditure authority of $42  million ($10  million General Fund, $32  million federal funds) and 17 permanent positions in 2018-19 to continue efforts to modernize CA-MMIS —the state ’s fee-for-service claims processing system for Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3839

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

Apr 27, 2018 - Of the approximately 1,100 SNFs statewide, 465 SNFs (42  percent) do not meet the minimum CNA hours requirement. We estimate that these SNFs will need to hire between 1,700 and 2,400 additional CNAs to meet the requirement, increasing the total number of CNAs currently working in SNFs statewide by between 5  percent and 7.5  percent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

A Long-Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors

Nov 28, 2016 - An analysis by the Kaiser Family Foundation found that 42  percent of all LTSS spending in 2010 was for the senior population. Informal, Unpaid Care Also an Important Part of LTSS. In addition to paid LTSS, a large amount of LTSS is provided through informal, unpaid care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3509