The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Keeping these factors in mind, our outlook r eflects a decline in the private hospital fee, with annual revenue falling from nearly $10  billion to several billion dollars. Pursuant to state law, most of the decline in revenue will affect supplemental payments to private hospitals, with only a portion (around 25  percent) resulting in less money for existing Medi ‑Cal costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Yet, even after r emoving from the caseload the 115,000  first ‑time ‑enrolling Medi ‑Cal enrollees that are due to eligibility changes, we are left with average monthly growth of about 8,000 during 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 16, 2021 - The administration projects a substantial decline of about $ 200  m illion in Proposition   56 r evenues between 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑22. Although Proposition   56 r evenues are expected to gradually decline on a year ‑over ‑year basis, the administration ’s projected revenue decrease primarily is attributed to the anticipated implementation of Chapter   34 o f 2020 (S B  793 , Hill et. al) which bars retailers from selling flavored tobacco products.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4373

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Just as these flexibilities appear to have been successful in minimizing the impacts of r edeterminations on Medi-Cal enrollees, the extent to which caseload will return to more normal historical levels if they are allowed to expire will be a key issue to watch.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - Funds could be used on ( 1)  s hort ‑term treatment beds such as those found in CSUs, ( 2)  r esidential treatment facilities that typically last for a few months, or ( 3)  l onger ‑term facilities such as permanent supportive housing for individuals with behavioral health needs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4379

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives

Mar 11, 2020 - Declercq, Eugene R., Lisa L. Paine, Diana R. Simmes, and Jeanne F. DeJoseph. 1998. “State  Regulation, Payment Policies, And Nurse ‑Midwife Services. ”   Health Affairs  17 (2): 190 ‑200. https://doi.org/10.1377/hlthaff.17.2.190.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Medi-Cal Student Services Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - These activities include, for example, ( 1)  e stablishing three ‑way partnerships including schools and county behavioral health, and ( 2)  r educing health equity gaps for African American, Native American, Pacific Islander, or LGBTQ students.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - The budget includes proposals for two new business tax credit  programs: Climate Change Research and Development (R &D) Credit. This new credit would be available to companies headquartered in California that are spending on R &D activities related to mitigating climate change.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Jan 13, 2025 - Reflecting these higher revenue estimates, the administration ’s estimates of constitutionally required General Fund spending on K ‑14 education is $4.7  billion higher than our November estimates. This partially offsets the revenue increase described above, deteriorating the budget ’s bottom line.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - Proposition   55 r equires that funds allocated to Medi ‑Cal by the formula be used to increase funding for existing programs and services in Medi ‑Cal, not supplant existing General Fund support for the program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765