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

Feb 27, 2024 - The Governor proposes to eliminate $14  million ($7  million General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and $7  million Mental Health Services Fund in 2023 ‑24) for a loan repayment initiative targeted toward psychiatrists who work at the Department of State Hospitals.
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 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - As shown earlier in Figure  7, during the continuous coverage period, the average monthly increase in the senior caseload was about 6,200. This was during a time in which counties were not conducting any eligibility redeterminations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

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

Oct 17, 2019 - A number of major HHS programs, such as CalFresh and CalWORKs, are locally administered by the state ’s 58 counties. To determine eligibility for these programs and perform other administrative functions, counties use one of three automated welfare systems.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4104

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 14, 2018 - (We anticipate that the 2017 IHSS MOE will grow by 7  percent annually beginning in 2019 ‑20 through at least 2022 ‑23.) In effect, this increase in county contributions to IHSS costs effectively decreases our projected state General Fund share of cost for the IHSS program by hundreds of millions of dollars annually.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3899

Overview of Major Impacts of H.R. 1 – One Big Beautiful Bill Act [Publication Details]

Aug 20, 2025 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 7 on Accountability and Oversight
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5067

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

Jan 13, 2022 - In 2022 ‑23, the Governor ’s budget reflects $5.7  billion in room —meaning appropriations subject to the limit are under the limit by this amount in this year. As  shown in Figure  7, this estimate includes about $12.5  billion in proposals that either reduce revenues or appropriations subject to the limit (thereby meeting SAL requirements).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4492

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

Mar 6, 2025 - Figure  7 shows Community Supports utilization has grown in recent years, though the majority of growth is concentrated in a handful of services. Medically Tailored Meals is the most utilized Community Support by a fairly large margin.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5003

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 15, 2017 - For example, in years that realignment growth revenues increase by more than 2  percent, the IHSS county MOE will increase by 7  percent. We anticipate that the IHSS county MOE will grow by 7  percent beginning in 2019 ‑20 through at least 2021 ‑22.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3712

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - Notable Adjustments to Medi-Cal In the section below, we provide additional information about notable adjustments made to the Medi-Cal budget as part of the 2022-23 budget package, including (1)  a plan to expand Medi-Cal eligibility to all income-eligible California residents regardless of immigration status, (2)  budget adjustments related to CalAIM, (3)  various
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642