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

Feb 27, 2024 - Figure 2 Overall Spending Varies Year to Year HCAI Funding (In Millions) -58% HCAI = Department of Health Care Access and Information. In Current Year, Deferred One-Time Funds Drive Down General Fund Spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Since the passage of the 2022-23 budget, there have been 58 graduates of this program. In the Governor ’s proposed May Revision, approximately $3.4  million for these programs is proposed for reversion.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - In addition, this year ’s health trailer bill adjusts the statutory formula for state rebates on HIV and cancer drugs, estimated to save $75  million General Fund in 2025-26 and $150  million General Fund ongoing in subsequent years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - The 2022-23 Budget Act included one-time General Fund support to eliminate the delay beginning in 2022-23. The spending plan shifts the elimination of the delay in provider payment processing until 2024-25, which frees up $378  million one-time General Fund in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2019-20 Budget: California Spending Plan—Health and Human Services

Oct 17, 2019 - In 2019 ‑20, $75  million General Fund ($98  million total funds) is projected to be needed to cover the expansion, which is expected to be implemented later in the fiscal year due to systems changes that must be completed beforehand.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The legislation also allows the state to reduce this amount by up to $75  million annually if Proposition  35 (2024) passes. Creates Wellness Coach Benefit. The spending plan includes $9  million ($4  million General Fund), growing to $114  million ($50  million General Fund) over several years, to implement a wellness coach benefit in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

Governor’s May Revision Update: Health Insurance Affordability Proposals

May 15, 2019 - Subsidies Would Sunset at the End of 2022. The administration proposes to make the subsidies available for three years, with a sunset at the end of 2022. Consistent with the January proposal, subsidies provided over this period would be fully covered by individual mandate penalty revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4047

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

Jan 13, 2022 - The remaining $200  million would be allocated to the state ’s 61 local health jurisdictions (LHJs) (58 counties and 3 cities), with funding allocated based in part on each LHJ ’s population share, level of poverty, and racial/ethnic make ‑up.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Feb 10, 2022 - Increase the number of home ‑ and community ‑based clinical care providers for individuals with disabilities and aging adults. 75 Non ‑IHSS HCBS Care Economy Payments. Provide one ‑time $500 payments to non ‑IHSS HCBS care providers that worked at least two months between March 2020 to March 2021. 13 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

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

Feb 5, 2025 - Similarly, in 2021 ‑2022, 22  percent of California adults had a mental illness. In 2022, fewer than 80  percent of those with a mental illness received mental health treatment. The shortage of mental health services is more severe for young adults, with 34  percent of individuals aged 18 through 25 having a mental illness in 2021 ‑2022 and less than two ‑thirds of young adults with mental illness receiving services  in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954