The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Governor’s Policy Choices Affecting UIS Population UIS ‑Related Proposals Come Amid a Challenging Fiscal Backdrop, but Some Fiscal Effects Rem ain Unclear. The proposals to extend the H.R. 1 requirements to adults with UIS and to transition newly UIS groups to restricted ‑scope coverage are policy choices.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - The Governor proposes to pay down $8.4  billion of this amount, with districts receiving the associated cash in 2021 ‑22. Slightly more than $4  billion would remain deferred from 2021 ‑22 to 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Moreover, data generally are not readily available to estimate monthly caseloads and costs of other UIS populations. Without better data at hand, projecting costs for adults with UIS is inherently imprecise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis [Publication Details]

Mar 2, 2026 - In this report, we analyze the Governor’s budget for Medi-Cal, with a focus on base spending trends, changes to provider taxes, implementation of new H.R. 1 rules, oversight over enacted budget solutions, and considerations for identifying additional savings in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5146

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - According to the Department of Finance, the ARP subsidies will be adjusted upward for the months of May 2021 through December 2021 to retroactively ensure customers receive the higher subsidies for the first four months of 2021.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Most notably, the administration plans to contract with a pharmacy rebate aggregator to negotiate rebates with manufacturers on drugs provided to UIS members. This is a population for which the state currently does not receive drug rebates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Since 2021 ‑22, the Legislature has also authorized funding for programs intended to strengthen and stabilize the provider workforce in order to establish a more reliable provider network and improve access to services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - These groups will now effectively be considered to have UIS, meaning that most of the services provided to them will not qualify for federal matching funds (outside of limited  coverage). Reduces Federal Funding for UIS Childless Adults.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - Designated Funding Unemployment Insurance (UI). Most employees are eligible to receive weekly UI benefits when they become unemployed. Federal law enacted in March  2020 made a few significant changes to UI, including providing recipients with an additional $600 per week on top of their typical benefit through July 31, 2020 and expanding UI to cover self-employed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292

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

Feb 5, 2025 - BHCIP Created in 2021 ‑22 Budget. The  2021 ‑22 budget plan included $2.2  billion (later reduced, as described below) to create BHCIP. (This amount was originally the sum of $1.7  billion General Fund and $530  million in federal funding, but the federal funding was shifted to the General  Fund in December 2024, making the General Fund the sole funding source for BHCIP.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954