Federal Approval of a Reauthorized Managed Care Organization Tax Now Appears More Likely

Dec 21, 2018 - The administration estimated that these tax cuts would reduce corporate and insurance tax revenue —which support the General Fund —by around $400  million per year. Due in part to these tax cuts offsetting the impact of the MCO tax, the administration estimated that the health insurer industry as a whole would receive an approximately $100  million net benefit annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3915

Major Potential State Fiscal Risk Averted Following Withdrawal of Proposed Federal Medicaid Financing Regulation

Sep 21, 2020 - In response to MFAR, the Legislature would have had to take one or some combination of the following steps: (1)  increase the General Fund contribution to the program, (2)  make cuts to the program (such as to eligibility, benefit, and payment levels), and/or (3)  make significant —and sometimes difficult —changes to Medi-Cal financing mechanisms to conform with MFAR rules.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4269

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

Feb 22, 2017 - Proposition  10 stipulated, “no monies from [Proposition  10] shall be used to supplant state or local General Fund money for any purpose. ” The court found that transferring funds from Proposition  10 to avoid cuts in Medi ‑Cal was “disingenuous. ” Under that rationale, the court stated that “the state could cut Medi ‑Cal funding entirely and replace it with all
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3573

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

Feb 27, 2024 - While the initiatives cut across different areas of health care, most have focused on increasing the statewide supply of providers, addressing regional shortages of providers, or enhancing the diversity of the workforce.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - A master plan can serve to focus and coordinate state efforts in a broad policy area that cuts across multiple state entities, initiated by a process of setting priority goals and developing an implementatio n plan to achieve the goals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - As part of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress effectively eliminated the federal individual mandate by setting the penalty for violating the coverage requirement to zero beginning in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - Given the size of the initiative, and that there are components that cut across multiple departments, there are several areas of the proposal where the Legislature will need further detail to assess the merits of the initiative as a whole.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 9, 2022 - Proposal Governor Proposes to Eliminate Rate Cuts for Certain Providers. The Governor ’s budget proposes $9  million General Fund ($20  million total funds) to eliminate these payment rate reductions for certain provider types among those still subject to the 2011 rate reductions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4522

The 2019-20 May Revision: Governor's May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 14, 2019 - In addition to the above one-time augmentations and the other augmentations and extensions proposed in January, the May Revision proposes using $11  million in Proposition  56 funding to restore optician and optical lab services in Medi-Cal —benefits which were cut during the recession in 2009.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4046

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

Mar 11, 2020 - “Health Management Associates ~AIR Strong Start for Mothers and Newborns Evaluation: Year  5  Project Synthesis Volume 1: Cross ‑Cutting Findings Prepared For. ” https://downloads.cms.gov/files/cmmi/strongstart ‑prenatal ‑finalevalrpt ‑v1.pdf.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197