The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health 100 100 a The spending plan assumes a portion of funds designated for this service ($88 million) cannot be allocated due to implementation issues and instead will be spent in 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

Realignment and County Indigent Health Care Programs [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2026 - Presented to: Senate Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Health and Human Services
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5164

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Chapter  4 of 2016 (S B  3 , Leno) has gradually increased California ’s statewide minimum wage from $8 per hour to $16 per hour. Under S B  3 , the statewide minimum wage will continue to increase by up to 3.5  percent each year, depending on inflation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - The new requirement will only apply to childless adults earning more than 100  percent of the federal poverty limit. Certain services, such as primary care and behavioral health care, are excluded from the  requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - This section focuses on (1)  new community engagement requirements, (2)  the new six ‑month renewal requirement, and (3)  changes that eliminate federally funded full ‑scope (comprehensive) Medi ‑Cal coverage for certain immigrant groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

Feb 5, 2025 - The BHSA requires that up to 3  percent of annual revenue (up to about $100  million) is spent on statewide behavioral health workforce initiatives administered by HCAI. BHCIP Created in 2021 ‑22 Budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The current rate on Medi ‑Cal enrollment ($274 per month in 2025) is more than 100 times larger than the rate on commercial enrollment ($2 per month in 2025). This rate structure is intended to draw down substantial federal funds while imposing a small cost on the taxpayers themselves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - The majority of the $100  million state operations funding is for hiring public health staff to support the recommendations of the Future of Public Health workgroup. LHJs are also required to spend at least 70  percent of funding on workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Jewelry under a market value of $100 was exempt. 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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

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

May 6, 2021 - For example, this funding includes (1) $420  million to expand a program which certifies community behavioral health clinics so they can receive an enhanced federal reimbursement rate, (2) $100  million for a program intended to increase the number of behavioral health practitioners nationwide, and (3) $80  million for a program intended to promote behavioral health integration in pediatric primary care through telehealth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425