The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - These drugs do not come with rebates, because federally require d price reductions already occurred at the front end when the pharmacy purchased the drugs. Federal guidance also directs states to exclude claims that do not come with a federal share of cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - As Figure  3 shows, spending on services purchased for consumers has more than doubled across all service types. Importantly, the increased cost for services also reflects a combination of the increases in caseload and utilization over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - To mitigate disenrollment impacts of the H.R. 1 requirements, the administration generally plans to require enrollees to d emonstrate a single month of qualifying activities at application and renewal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project

Feb 19, 2021 - This increase predominantly is attributed to ( 1)  D SH suspending admissions of all patients for the first few months of the pandemic and ( 2)  D SH admitting patients in smaller batches once the suspension of admissions was lifted.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

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

Feb 22, 2017 - Excludes General Fund backfill, which Department of Finance indicates will be reflected in May. c Includes enforcement funds allocated to the Department of Justice, Office of the Attorney General, Department of Public Health, and the Board of Equalization. d Includes $87 million which will be expended in 2018 ‑19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3573

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: Equity Considerations

Mar 12, 2021 - In addition to including metrics related to care d elivery and utilization, we also would encourage inclusion of metrics that more directly indicate beneficiary health outcomes to the fullest extent possible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4402

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

Oct 24, 2025 - With the tax expected to shrink, providers likely will not receive the larger augmentations planne d for 2027. Private Hospital Fee Also Could Decline Over Time … Federal policy changes also likely will result in a smaller private hospital fee, though for different reasons.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - Under the Governor ’s budget, overall HCAI spending is nearly double in 2023 ‑24 relative to budget enactment. From this revised level, total spending in 2024 ‑25 declines, bringing the new level (across all funds) to $523  million.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - This increase was greatest among Latino and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations, whose death rates more than doubled between 2019 and 2022. American Indian/Alaskan Native populations had the highest death rate due to drug overdoses prior to the pandemic and this has persisted with the recent rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

The 2025-26 Budget: CalAIM Enhanced Care Management and Community Supports Implementation Update

Mar 6, 2025 - (The ECM program changes made in 2025 will not be reflected in our assessment and coul d increase utilization of the ECM benefit.) Community Supports Services MCPs Have Expanded the Number of Community Supports Available Over Time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003