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

Governor’s May Revision Update: Health Insurance Affordability Proposals

May 15, 2019 - The administration estimates that the average subsidy for households with incomes between 400  percent and 600  percent of the FPL would be about $100 per month. . . . With Relatively Smaller Subsidies for Households Eligible for Federal Assistance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4047

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

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

Oct 24, 2025 - They would do so by increasing premiums, which in 2024 averaged over $600 per month. The increase in premiums (around 5  percent, on average) could have a variety of effects. For enrollees with employer ‑sponsored coverage, much of the cost of higher premiums would fall on employers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

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

Jan 13, 2025 - All Other Spending Lower by $600 Million. Across the rest of the budget, the administration’s estimates of baseline spending (for example, for caseload growth, federal reimbursements, and statutory cost increases) are lower than ours by $600 million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Based on data from SAMHSA, DHCS estimated that over 600 facilities provide outpatient mental health services and nearly 800 facilities provide SUD services. DHCS also estimated that over 100 facilities provided inpatient care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - In our outlook, the latter effect results in higher General Fund costs to backfill the lost revenue in Medi ‑Cal ($600  million). What H.R. 1 Policies Will Affect the Private Hospital Fee? Proportionality Rule.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - DHCS also estimated that over 100 facilities provided inpatient care—ranging from psychiatric units within general acute care hospitals, freestanding psychiatric acute care hospitals, and psychiatric health facilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

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