The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - In 2016, the Legislature appropriated ongoing funding for the Disparity Funds Program, which awards grants to RCs and community ‑based organizations for strategies to reduce disparities in service authorizations, utilization, and spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - The Legislature could consider adding new data submission requirements on measures related to the health impacts of climate change to facilitate statewide tracking of impact trends and guide state ‑level responses.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580

The 2022-23 Budget: Public Health Foundational Support

Feb 16, 2022 - While the spending plan does not currently reflect a strategic plan for IT ‑related expenditures, CDPH indicated it will be developing an IT strategy after hiring a Chief IT Strategist. Nevertheless, the Legislature could request that CDPH produce a more specific time line for this strategy and its associated deliverables and seek a description of the steps the administration will undertake to develop this  strategy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4544

The 2019-20 Budget: Governor's Proposals for Infants and Toddlers With Special Needs

Feb 28, 2019 - In addition, the state may have to develop a concurrent strategy to address potential provider shortages which might otherwise preclude serving all eligible children. Depending on how such a strategy was structured, it too may increase state costs by tens of millions of dollars.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the Governor’s January and May Mental Health Workforce Proposals

May 16, 2019 - Uncertainty Around Whether Existing State Programs and Strategies Have Been Effective. Overall, existing state mental health workforce programs and strategies may have had some positive impact in increasing the overall number of mental health professionals throughout the state.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4049

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

Feb 5, 2025 - BHCIP is a key component of this overall strategy as it aims to address the significant shortfall of behavioral health  infrastructure. Selected Recent Initiatives Increasing Access to Behavioral Health Services The Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program is just one piece of the state ’s overall strategy to increase access to behavioral health services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2019-20 Budget: The Governor's Individual Health Insurance Market Affordability Proposals

Feb 7, 2019 - In response to this change, California and many other states adopted a strategy under which the cost of continuing to provide enhanced silver plans is largely covered by increased federal APTC. It is unclear how the state ’s strategy in response to the end of federal CSR payments might affect the implementation of a state CSR subsidy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3927

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - As Figure 14 shows, we think several key principles could guide legislative decision making. We  describe each principle further below. Figure 14 Key Principles Could Guide Legislative Decisions LAO Recommended Principles for MCO Tax ‑Funded Provider Payment Increases Target increases to highest need areas of Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Administration Identifies Several Strategies to Mitigate Disenrollment Impacts. The administration has indicated it will prioritize using administrative data to automatically identify individuals who are excluded or exempt from the community engagement requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of State Hospitals Budget

Feb 11, 2020 - Under this pilot, DSH would provide funding to counties for competency restoration treatment in the community, as well as incentive payments for counties to invest in strategies to reduce the level of IST designations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4154