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 2017-18 Budget: The Governor's May Revision In-Home Supportive Services Cost-Sharing Proposal

May 16, 2017 - As a result, the adjustment factor would be 0 or 3.5 percent infrequently. (As discussed earlier, how frequently realignment revenue growth would be below 2 percent also would depend on whether the growth is measured based on sales taxes, VLF, or both.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3671

Federal Approval of a Reauthorized Managed Care Organization Tax Now Appears More Likely

Dec 21, 2018 - Specifically, certain types of income currently subject to the corporation tax is exempted from taxation and certain premium revenue is subject to a 0  percent insurance tax (also known as the gross premiums tax) rate during the period in which the MCO tax is in effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3915

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - Reduce All Medi ‑Cal Premiums to $0. The Governor proposes to reduce all Medi ‑Cal premiums to $0 beginning July 2022. The  administration estimates that this would cost $18.9  million General Fund ($53.2  million total funds) in 2022 ‑23, increasing to $31  million General Fund ($89  million total funds) ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Governor's 340B Medi-Cal Proposal

Mar 21, 2018 - Under a simplified model of the use of 340B prescription drugs in Medi ‑Cal managed care, a public hospital that is a covered entity would, as under the FFS example above, purchase a prescription drug at its 340B price ($1 0) d irectly from a drug manufacturer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3790

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - Enact interim rate adjustments ranging on average from 10 percent to 4 0 percent prior to roll out of prospective payment system. UC and county hospital inpatient services 150 375 Transition to prospective payment system, similar to the way Medi ‑Cal pays for inpatient services at private and district hospitals.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - The increased federal support reduced premium costs for Californians by about $1.6  billion per year, with premiums dropping to $0 for many enrollees. As shown in Figure  3 , the increased federal support for premium subsidies substantially lowers the cost of premiums Californians need to pay for plans purchased through Covered California —including for households whose incomes made them ineligible for the preexisting premium subsidies under the ACA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - For K ‑ 12 e ducation, the budget includes $1. 2  b illion for the Local Control Funding Formula, which reflects funding for the COLA offset by a 0. 3  p ercent attendance decline. For community colleges, the Governor ’s largest ongoing proposal is $ 199  m illion to cover the COLA and 0. 5  p ercent enrollment growth.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - For example, if a county adopted a $1.00 wage supplement, its IHSS provider wages will be $1.0 0 above the state minimum wage in any given year. Under the local wage supplement model, the cost of the first wage supplement is added to a county ’s IHSS MOE obligation, which is then adjusted annually by the MOE growth factor.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 9, 2022 - The Governor proposes to reduce all Medi ‑Cal premiums to $0  beginning at the start of 2022 ‑23. The Governor ’s budget projects the cost of effectively eliminating Medi ‑Cal premiums to be $19  million General Fund ($53  million total funds).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4522