The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - There are known problems with DDS meeting federal IDEA time line requirements in its Early Start program and in transitioning children from Part C to Part B. A statutorily required workgroup, including CDE and DDS, recently examined ways to improve Part C to Part B transitions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - LHJs will often tailor the focus of their public health services to the specifi c needs of their communities. The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) Is Responsible for a Number of Statewide Public Health Initiatives and Provides Guidance and Funding to LHJs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - Other researchers, by contrast, estimate that the c ost to the state could be in the low hundreds of millions of dollars annually. For planning purposes, our outlook assumes an initial cost that falls in between these estimates (around $1  billion) and ramps it up over time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Health Budget and Policy

Oct 15, 2020 - The spending plan: Increases L &C Staffing to Complete Mandated Workload. The spending plan includes $2.7  million (L &C Program Fund) and 20 positions in 2020 ‑21, $8.1  million and 60 positions in 2021 ‑22, and $16.2  million and 115.6 positions in 2022 ‑23 (and ongoing) to increase L &C program staffing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4281

Mental Health Services Act: LAO Update: The Governor's Revised Behavioral Health Modernization Proposal

Aug 21, 2023 - The net impact on c urrent spending, however, is unclear. That said, the increased spending flexibility afforded counties in general would give counties more opportunities to tailor services to the needs of their residents.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4792

The 2023-24 Budget: Health Workforce Budget Solutions

Feb 21, 2023 - Figure 2 Governor Proposes Mix of Delays and Reductions General Fund (In Millions) Adopted Levels in 2022 ‑23 Budget $557 Health and home care initiatives ‑$19 Proposed Reductions at CDPH and EDD Public health initiatives (CDPH) b Emergency medical technician initiative (EDD) c — Revised Levels in Proposed 2023 ‑24 Budget $489 $1,355 a Negative amounts reflect delays and positive
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4691

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - Based on these factors, as well as discussions with DDS, we estimate that about half, at most, of the potential pool of children, or about 7, 000 c hildren, could enroll in Medi ‑Cal via institutional deeming.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - These projected costs and savings are subject to considerable uncertainty as they closely depend on our assumptions around when a COVID ‑19 vaccine becomes widely available and how quickly public health conditions under COVID ‑ 19 c ontinue to improve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - Along with the general conceptual difficulty of defining a workload budget in the first place, this means that some features of the Proposition   55 c alculation are difficult to interpret and implement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765

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

Feb 25, 2019 - DDS projects an increase of 16, 512 c onsumers in its community programs, growing 5  p ercent from an estimated 333, 094 i n 2018 ‑ 19 t o a projected 349, 606 i n 2019 ‑20. DDS also expects the population at DCs to decline to 323 c onsumers by July 1, 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3952