The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Individuals must generally work, study, or volunteer at least 80  hours per month, or meet an earnings threshold (about $580 per month, equivalent to 80 hours at the federal minimum wage) unless they qualify for certain exemptions (such as having young children or being medically frail).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - Specifically, H.R.  1 requires these adults to (1)  verify that they have completed at least 80 hours per month of work, education, or community service, and (2)  verify eligibility every six months, rather than every 12  months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Though federal Medicaid law will now require most nondisabled, childless adults to complete 80 hours of community engagement each month, H.R.  1 grants states certain flexibilities to track beneficiary compliance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - The first is a new community engagement requirement, which conditions Medi ‑Cal eligibility on completing 80 hours of work, school, or community service each month. The second is an increase in the frequency of required eligibility determinations from every 12 months to every 6 months.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

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

Feb 5, 2025 - In 2022, fewer than 80  percent of those with a mental illness received mental health treatment. The shortage of mental health services is more severe for young adults, with 34  percent of individuals aged 18 through 25 having a mental illness in 2021 ‑2022 and less than two ‑thirds of young adults with mental illness receiving services  in 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

May 21, 2024 - There are about 400 state positions and 1,300 local positions supported by Future of Public Health funding, and approximately 80  percent of hires have been made to date. Given the limited flexibility of the CDPH ’s funding and the number of state hires made, the state likely would be unable to use existing vacancies in other programs to fully mitigate the elimination of the Future of Public Health funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4904

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis $1,075 $2,688 Tie most payments for primary care, obstetric care, non ‑specialty mental health care, specialty care, and emergency physician services to 80 percent to 100 percent of what Medicare pays, depending on the service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Enterprise System Modernization Effort

Feb 17, 2021 - The MES Modernization effort, in contrast, also will include modernization and/or replacement of subsystems that operate the Medi ‑Cal managed care program, which now supports the more than 80  p ercent of enrollees served by Medi ‑Cal managed care plans.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4375

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Medi-Cal Telehealth Proposal

May 13, 2021 - Another study of a health care provider network found that a telehealth expansion resulted in an increase in total service utilization (including both in ‑person and telehealth services) within that network of 80  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4430

Estimating the Cost of Expanding Full-Scope Medi-Cal Coverage to Undocumented Adults

May 10, 2018 - According to data from the Department of Health Care Services, roughly 1  million undocumented adults (more than 80  percent of the total income-eligible population) are already enrolled in restricted-scope Medi-Cal coverage.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3827