The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - The contract also grants other specific oversight mechanisms, such as giving HCAI representation on the partner’s governing board. The agreement extends for a ten‑year period after the first commercial sale of the new product.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Carve Out of Medi-Cal Pharmacy Services From Managed Care

Apr 5, 2019 - By employing a universal Medi ‑Cal preferred drug list, drug manufacturers would likely be willing to offer steeper discounts (in the form of supplemental rebates) in exchange for their drugs ’ placement on the list.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3997

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2022-23 budget provided $100  million one-time General Fund to manufacture a biosimilar insulin product. Half of the funds supported a contract with a private partner, and the other half was to help construct a new manufacturing facility in California.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2022-23 Budget: Health Care Access and Affordability

Feb 23, 2022 - Second, by July 1, 2023, S B  852 requires the administration to produce a report on the feasibility of directly manufacturing and selling generic drugs. Governor ’s Forthcoming Proposal The Governor has announced a forthcoming proposal for a potential partnership to manufacture insulin.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4560

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - While the language of H.R.  1 indicates that states should exempt individuals with an intellectual or developmental disability and their family caregivers from new Medicaid eligibility requirements, the degree to which these exemptions are successfully implemented in California will depend on the administration ’s approach.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

Jan 13, 2020 - Universities Governor Proposes Discretionary Base Increases for the Universities. The Governor ’s budget includes various General Fund increases for the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Mar 21, 2018 - However, short of the full elimination of the use of the 340B Program in Medi ‑Cal, some degree of administrative complexity as related to the Medi ‑Cal prescription drug benefit would remain. In addition, the Governor ’s alternative approach would delegate to the administration significant authority to craft state policy concerning the use of the 340B Program in Medi ‑Cal, and
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3790

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Mental Health Workforce Proposal

May 9, 2019 - To see whether the number of people entering mental health professions has in fact remained constant in recent years (which would suggest that the education and training of new mental health professionals is likely not meeting the state ’s workforce needs), we reviewed data on the number of individuals graduating with professional masters or doctoral degrees in mental health ‑related fields from California universities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4031

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - Universities Governor Proposes Ongoing Base Increases Linked With Certain Expectations. The Governor proposes a total of $336  million in additional ongoing funding for the California State University (CSU) and the University of California (UC).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Section 1115 Waiver Renewal: Key Medi-Cal Financing Issues Remain Outstanding

Oct 13, 2015 - In late January, DHCS held a detailed presentation on the state ’s request for funding and proposed financing mechanisms for Medi-Cal 2020. (A recording is available on DHCS’s website .) Here, we highlight key takeaways from the presentation.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3301