The 2017-18 Budget: An Overview of the Governor's Proposition 56 Proposals

Feb 22, 2017 - The proposed budget allocates all of this money to existing special funds. The Governor ’s budget did not provide a backfill to the tobacco tax that supports the General Fund, which the measure requires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3573

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - For employees who reti re or resign from state service, the Governor ’s budget requests $4. 7  m illion General Fund in 2017 ‑18 and $5. 5  m illion General Fund in 2018 ‑ 19 t o compensate them for unused leave balances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The spending plan includes one-time General Fund support for a number of public health IT systems in 2025-26, including the state ’s vaccine management system ($31.4  million), public health laboratory reporting system ($27  million), disease investigation and contact tracing system ($18  million), and immunization registry ($5  million).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 15, 2017 - ACA Optional Expansion In 2014, California expanded Medi-Cal eligibility to childless adults with incomes up to 138  percent of the federal poverty level, a population known as the ACA optional expansion population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3715

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 24, 2017 - Homes with delayed egress and secured perimeters are meant to provide temporary (up to 18 months) stabilization for consumers in need of intensive intervention and who may be at risk of harming themselves or others.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3581

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

Oct 17, 2019 - The 2017 ‑18 Budget Act initially included one-time funding of $45  million General Fund, available over three years, to establish HDAP. (The budget reappropriates the remaining balance of funding provided in 2017 ‑18.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Mar 9, 2017 - The Governor ’s budget estimates Medi ‑Cal caseload of 14  million for 2016 ‑17, a 5  percent increase over the caseload estimate of 13.4  million for 2015 ‑16. The budget projects a Medi ‑Cal caseload of 14.3  million for 2017 ‑18, an increase of 2  percent over the 2016 ‑17 caseload.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3612

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 15, 2017 - In 2017 ‑18, a new IHSS county MOE was established, increasing the county share of cost from $1.2  billion to about $1.8  billion in 2017 ‑18 and changing the annual adjustment factor. Specifically, the MOE will increase by 5  percent in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3712

The 2017-18 Budget: The Governor's May Revision In-Home Supportive Services Cost-Sharing Proposal

May 16, 2017 - As shown in Figure 2, under the proposal, the MOE would increase by 5 percent in 2018-19. Starting in 2019-20, the MOE would grow based on tiered adjustment factors. These adjustment factors would vary based on the growth in realignment revenues, which generally reflect overall economic conditions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3671

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

May 14, 2018 - Adopting Lower Caseload Estimate Could Free Up Funding for Other Priorities . . . Assuming a more rapid decline in the families and children caseload as described above would free up General Fund in Medi-Cal for other priorities in the state budget.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3839