The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - Hospital Relief Program Implementation Update In this section, we provide an implementation update to two hospital relief programs enacted in last year ’s budget. We first provide background on hospitals in California and the two relief programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 13, 2026 - Analyzes the Governor’s budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), with a focus on a budget proposal to continue planning the proposed Life Outcomes Improvement System (LOIS) information technology project, implementation of new H.R.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - How Will the Quality Incentive Program Balance Meaningful Standards With Achievability? The department indicated that future quality metrics will be based upon a benchmark of providers ’ current performance.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

Cal Facts 2018 [Publication Details]

Dec 6, 2018 - With a state as big, as populous, and as complex as California, quickly summarizing how its economy or state budget works is impossible. Instead, Cal Facts is a visual guide—using a variety of different charts—to the state's economy, revenues, and major program trends.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/3905

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - The  2022 ‑23 budget package included $20  million General Fund over two years for grants to enable preschool programs to include more children with exceptional needs. The Governor proposes delaying the implementation of this two ‑year program until 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - The Governor proposes to reduce General Fund spending on an existing supplemental payment program for physician services. The program was established in the 2017 ‑18 Budget Act and originally supported entirely by Proposition  56 (2016) revenues.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

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

Mar 21, 2018 - Interaction Between 340B Program and Medicaid The 340B Program and the Medicaid prescription drug rebate program are separate prescription drug discount programs. They interact, however, when covered entities dispense 340B prescription drugs to Medi ‑Cal enrollees.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3790

The 2017-18 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Mar 9, 2017 - Background In California, the federal ‑state Medicaid program is administered by the Department of Health Care Services (DHCS) as the California Medical Assistance Program (Medi ‑Cal). Medi ‑Cal is by far the largest state ‑administered health services program in terms of annual caseload and expenditures.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3612

Realignment and County Indigent Health Care Programs [Publication Details]

Mar 19, 2026 - Realignment and County Indigent Health Care Programs [Publication Details] Translate Our Website This Google ™ translation feature provided on the Legislative Analyst's Office (LAO) website is for informational purposes only.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5164

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services—An Interim Update

Apr 19, 2021 - Generally, an incentive would be structured as more of a reward-based approach than the requirement approach described above. Properly targeted incentives could make going through the Medi-Cal application process more attractive to families that are hesitant.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4415