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

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 15, 2017 - Accordingly, our outlook assumes that only about $80  million in Proposition  56 funding will fund provider payment increases on an ongoing annual basis. Beginning in 2019 ‑20, the assumed expiration of funding for the bulk provider payment increases will leave balances of between $800  million and $900  million to fund year-over-year ongoing growth in Medi-Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3715

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

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

May 6, 2021 - About $200  million will be allocated to California for each program, for a total of $400  million. $900  Million for Other Behavioral Health Programs. The ARP Act makes available about $900  million in funding nationwide for other behavioral health programs to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

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 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - Our outlook estimates $35.5  billion General Fund support for Medi ‑Cal in 2022 ‑ 23 —a net decline of around $900  million General Fund relative to the enacted General Fund level for 2022 ‑23. Below, we describe two major factors driving the net reduction in spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4649

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

Feb 27, 2024 - Expanding upon recent health care workforce augmentations, the 2022 ‑23 budget included a multiyear package of limited-term health workforce initiatives at HCAI totaling over $900  million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

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

Jan 13, 2020 - . $900   Million in Safety Net Reserve. The 2018 ‑ 19 b udget package created the Safety Net Reserve to save money specifically for California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids (CalWORKs) and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135