An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Since the passage of the 2022-23 budget, there have been 58 graduates of this program. In the Governor ’s proposed May Revision, approximately $3.4  million for these programs is proposed for reversion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

Feb 27, 2024 - Figure 2 Overall Spending Varies Year to Year HCAI Funding (In Millions) -58% HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information. In Current Year, Deferred One-Time Funds Drive Down General Fund Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The remaining $200  million would be allocated to the state ’s 61 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) (58 counties and 3 cities), with funding allocated based in part on each LHJ ’s population share, level of poverty, and racial/ethnic make ‑up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

Mental Health Services Act: Revenue Volatility and the Governor’s Proposal to Reduce Allowable County Reserves

Jul 13, 2023 - We estimate that between 2005-06 and 2022-23, MHSA revenue has equaled 2.3  percent of overall PIT revenue. Swapping the MHSA tax for 2.3  percent of PIT would provide counties a much more stable funding source that would also experience healthy growth over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - The spending plan assumes that the PHE will be extended through mid-October 2022, which means that the increased FMAP will remain in effect through December 2022. As such, the spending plan assumes $3.5  billion in General Fund savings in 2021-22 and $2.3  billion in General Fund Savings in 2022-23 as a result of the increased federal financial participation in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The department also reverts $233  million General Fund from 2022-23 that was available until 2026-27 (the department is reappropriating $3.4  million for the Judicial Council to carry out training related to IST evaluations).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

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

Jan 10, 2021 - The supplemental payments were intended to accelerate the recovery from this drop, with payments growing from $2.3  billion in 2021 ‑22 to more than $6  billion by 2024 ‑25. Due to the strong rebound in the minimum guarantee, the Governor proposes to eliminate these payments after 2021 ‑22 —effectively making the $2.3  billion included in the 2021 ‑22 budget a one-time payment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - The 2022-23 Budget Act included one-time General Fund support to eliminate the delay beginning in 2022-23. The spending plan shifts the elimination of the delay in provider payment processing until 2024-25, which frees up $378  million one-time General Fund in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Similarly, in 2021 ‑2022, 22  percent of California adults had a mental illness. In 2022, fewer than 80  percent of those with a mental illness received mental health treatment. The shortage of mental health services is more severe for young adults, with 34  percent of individuals aged 18 through 25 having a mental illness in 2021 ‑2022 and less than two ‑thirds of young adults with mental illness receiving services  in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - A number of major HHS programs, such as CalFresh and CalWORKs, are locally administered by the state ’s 58 counties. To determine eligibility for these programs and perform other administrative functions, counties use one of three automated welfare systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104