The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - Figure 4 Summary of Governor ’s Disaster ‑Related Proposals for 2019 ‑20 ( In Millions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - In response, the department released guidance on February 11, 2026 indicating that providers will have the opportunity to earn a partial year of quality payments if they come into compliance after the February 27 deadline.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - In 2025, the state also submitted a one ‑year private hospital fee, generating around $11  billion in revenue, for federal approval. The federal government has not yet approved this higher fee. Voters Have Made Largest Provider Taxes Permanent in State Law.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - The 2019 ‑20 budget package eliminated this share of cost for seniors and persons with disabilities up to 138  percent of FPL, consistent with the eligibility rules for children and adults through age 64.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 14, 2018 - After 2019 ‑20, we project that IHSS expenditures will grow at a higher rate, reaching over $5.6  billion by 2022 ‑23. Overall, between 2018 ‑19 and 2022 ‑23, the projected average annual growth of IHSS General Fund expenditures is about 11  percent —making IHSS one of the fastest growing programs in the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3899

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

Feb 5, 2025 - This funding, however, has been concentrated within 11 out of 30 small counties. The remaining 19 small counties did not receive any awards in these rounds. In addition, there has been mixed success in siting behavioral health infrastructure in counti es where it did not exist prior to BHCIP.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 7, 2020 - While statute and federal agreements require average caseload ratios of 1:62 at each RC, as of March  2019, only one RC was in compliance as shown in Figure  11 . The average caseload statewide was 73 and nine RCs had average caseload ratios of 1: 75 o r higher.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4147

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 25, 2019 - The Governor ’s budget requests $3. 2  m illion ($ 3  m illion General Fund) in 2019 ‑20 and $ 12  m illion ($11. 8  m illion General Fund) in each of 2020 ‑21 and 2021 ‑ 22 t o complete development of a new IT system to help DDS process and claim federal reimbursements for its Medicaid waiver ‑eligible services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3952

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 15, 2017 - Since the current average wage for IHSS providers is a little over $11 per hour (above the current statewide minimum wage of $10.50 per hour), we project that the major costs of the scheduled minimum wage increases will begin when wages increase to $12 per hour and above, beginning in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3712

The 2024-25 Budget: Future of Public Health Budget Solution

May 21, 2024 - This increase was greatest among Latino and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander populations, whose death rates more than doubled between 2019 and 2022. American Indian/Alaskan Native populations had the highest death rate due to drug overdoses prior to the pandemic and this has persisted with the recent rise.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904