The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The spending plan eliminates General Find for grants to the California Community Colleges ($30  million in 2023-24 and $70  million in 2024-25) and to the California State University and University of California ($50  million in 2024-25).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - For the period spanning from July 1, 2026 through June 30, 2027, providers can earn the quality incentive portion of the rate models by completing surveys about workforce capacity and service delivery.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The spending plan includes General Fund reductions of $4  million in 2024-25, $161  million in 2025-25, $329  million in 2026-27, and $157  million in 2027-28 and ongoing to various programs meant to address the IST waitlist.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - The 2023 ‑24 budget provided $30  million one ‑time Opioid Settlements Fund for a partnership to produce a generic, over the counter naloxone nasal spray product. (Naloxone is used to alleviate the effects of an opioid overdose.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - For example, we estimated that a more proportionate tax netting around $7 billion in revenue could cost around $30 per member, per month—about a 5 percent increase on average to commercial health plan premiums.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Our outlook estimates Medi ‑Cal will enroll fewer people over time, with caseload falling from nearly 15  million people in 2024 ‑25 to nearly 12  million people by 2029 ‑30. Monthly per ‑enrollee General Fund spending, by contrast, rises from $298 in 2025 ‑26 to $355 in 2029 ‑30, a $57 (19  percent) increase.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - In 2023 ‑24, we estimate these rebates comprised 3  percent of gross spending, up from as low as 1  percent in some years. This increase was expected following the switch to the Medi ‑Cal Rx system in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

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

Jul 13, 2023 - On average, the true ups have been about 30  percent of the sum of initial monthly deposits for a fiscal year, but in 2023-24 the true up is projected to be 90  percent of the monthly deposits for that fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4780

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - In addition, the spending plan includes $30  million in 2023-24 for HCAI to support the development or procurement of a low-cost, generic version of a naloxone nasal product. The spending plan also includes $15  million each year from 2023-24 through 2026-27 for the Overdose Prevention and Harm Reduction Initiative at the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
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 - Beginning in 2023 ‑24, the state was facing General Fund budget shortfalls. As  a part of addressing those budget problems, a portion of funding for BHCIP was delayed in 2023 ‑24. Later, in the 2024 ‑25 budget, program funding was reduced by $451  million General Fund, leaving $1.8  billion in funding remaining.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954