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

Feb 10, 2022 - At the time, the federal government only fully approved 13 of the HCBS enhancements and denied one initiative. (The initiative that was denied was a $2  million proposal to improve broadband access and disaster readiness in nursing home facilities and expand the Small Home nursing facility pilot.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4524

Improving Access to Dental Services for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities

Sep 27, 2018 - If DHCS denies the TAR and the RC determines that an appeal of the denial does not have merit, the RC can then decide whether or not to use its POS funds to pay for the denied service. Several recent legislative policy and budget changes have affected the Denti ‑Cal program.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3884

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Were the federal government to delay or deny approval of these increases, however, there could be additional Genera l Fund costs to backfill the lost funding. Proposition  35 Raises Two Key Issues. In November 2024, California voters approved Proposition  35.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

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

Feb 5, 2025 - The administration is working to allocate the bond funding quickly, with plans to aw ard up to $3.3  billion in May 2025 and a stated commitment to award all funding by 2026. This leaves a brief window in which the Legislature can conduct oversight of the program and influence the administration ’s program administration decisions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2020-21 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2019 - Were the federal government to either deny approval of the MCO tax or delay a decision on approving the MCO tax past 2019 ‑20, General Fund expenditures in Medi-Cal would be around $860  million higher in 2019 ‑20 than we have estimated.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4116

The Uncertain Affordable Care Act Landscape: What It Means for California

Feb 17, 2017 - The implementation of the ACA resulted in lower utilization of high ‑risk pools because insurers could no longer deny coverage to individuals with preexisting medical conditions or charge individuals with preexisting medical conditions higher costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3569

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Mar 3, 2022 - DSH appealed this ruling to the California Supreme Court, but the department ’s appeal was denied in 2021. DSH is now required to provide competency restoration treatment for felony ISTs according to a phased ‑in schedule of (1)  within 60 days by August 2022, (2)  within 45 days by February 2023, (3)  within 33 days by August 2023, and (4)  within 28 days by February 2024.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569