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

Feb 16, 2018 - The units at both DCs were recently recertified for 2018 and will thus continue to receive federal funding through December 2018. (The Governor ’s budget assumes the ICF/DD units will be recertified in 2019 and federal funding will continue for the balance of 2018 ‑19.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Governor's 340B Medi-Cal Proposal

Mar 21, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Governor's 340B Medi-Cal Proposal Summary This budget report analyzes the Governor ’s 2018 ‑ 19 b udget proposal to eliminate the use of the 340B Drug Pricing Program in Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3790

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

Feb 5, 2025 - The share of Californians aged 12 and over having an SUD in the past year rose nearly 10  percent between 2015 ‑2017 and 2018 ‑2019. The consequences of these behavioral health challenges have also grown more severe.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - As   Figure  5 shows, at the start of 2018, antipsychotics (drugs that treat certain mental health conditions) and insulin (drugs that help regulate blood sugar for diabetics) represented around one ‑quarter of gross spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The database, created as part of the 2018-19 budget, includes data from most health care payors in California (including private insurance, Medi-Cal, and Medicare) around health care utilization and costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 14, 2018 - Outlook Assumes Reduced Repayments in 2018-19 and 2019-20. Our outlook assumes the state repayments of disputed federal funding will be about $400  million less in 2018-19 than assumed in the 2018-19 Budget Act because of new information suggesting the amount of federal funding in dispute is less than previously thought.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3898

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

May 14, 2018 - For background on the use of Proposition  56 funding in Medi-Cal, please refer to our February 2018 report: The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget . Governor ’s January 2018-19 Budget Proposed Spending Maximum Amount Authorized in 2017-18 Budget Agreement on Provider Payment Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3839

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration's Proposition 55 Estimates in the May Revision

May 22, 2018 - Figure 2 Administration ’s Proposition  55 Calculations in 2018 ‑19 (In  Billions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3844

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 15, 2017 - Medi-Cal Expenditures Projected to Be Substantially Higher in 2018 ‑19. We project that Medi-Cal General Fund spending will be $21.1  billion in 2018 ‑19, a nearly 12  percent increase over our revised estimate of 2017 ‑18 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3715

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - As of October 1, 2018, 23 counties provide IHSS wages above the state minimum wage ($11.00 per hour in 2018). In addition, some counties make contributions towards health, visio n, and dental benefits for certain IHSS providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913