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

Jan 10, 2021 - For 2021 ‑22, the guarantee is up an additional $3  billion (3.6  percent) relative to the revised 2020 ‑21 level. In addition, a law enacted last June requires the state to make a $2.3  billion supplemental payment on top of the guarantee in 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The National Center for Health Statistics found that the prevalence of any diagnosed developmental disability in children aged 3 ‑17 years in the United States increased by about a full percentage point (from 7.40  percent to 8.56  percent) between 2019 and 2021 —a significant change in a short period of time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

May 6, 2021 - Across calendar years 2021 and 2022, Covered California projects the ARP Act will provide an additional $3  billion in federal support for health insurance subsidies. In 2021, the ARP Act ’s higher subsidies will begin to be made available through Covered California from May 1, 2021 onward.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

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 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - In accordance with a court ruling in 2021, DSH was required to provide substantive treatment services to restore competency to an IST individual within 28 days from the transfer of responsibility to DSH by March  2025.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

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

Mar 6, 2025 - 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. The 2021 ‑22 budget package included trailer bill legislation that phased out the asset test for seniors and persons with disabilities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

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

The 2022-23 Budget: Update on Home- and Community- Based Services Spending Plan

Feb 10, 2022 - On September 3, 2021, the federal government responded to the state ’s initial HCBS spending plan (submitted in July 2021). At the time, the federal government only fully approved 13 of the HCBS enhancements and denied one initiative.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - As noted earlier, the current statutory ratio for children under 3 is 1:62. (Caseloads for children under age 3 averaged 59 per service coordinator across RCs as of March  2021.) Currently, there are no statutory caseload rules based specifically on ages 3 through 5.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577