The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - Other state entities, such as UC and/or HCAI, may also play a role in implementing certain augmentations. With so many steps to undertake, it is likely that it will take months, or even longer, to begin implementing Proposition  35.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

Promoting Health Information Technology in California: A State Policy Approach [Publication Details]

Feb 12, 2007 - Promoting Health Information Technology in California: A State Policy Approach [Publication Details] Promoting Health Information Technology in California: A State Policy Approach Format: HTML Description: Persistent increases in health care spending and deficiencies in health care quality are attributable in part to the continued reliance by many health care providers on archaic, paper-based methods of storing and communicating health information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/1550

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Aside from the role recently developed IT systems play in current public health laboratory functions, these systems —when complete and fully integrated —could significantly assist in evaluations of the system ’s ongoing capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - To the extent that events play out differently, costs could differ significan tly from those reflected in our outlook, particularly in 2025 ‑26. The Legislature likely will want to assess any updated estimates from the administration around the senior caseload and the asset test elimination as part of next year ’s budget process.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - Within this broader context of public and private adaptation actions, the Legislature may want to consider what role state health programs and policies can and should play in adapting to climate change, including how they interact with local adaptation activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - While some of these issues remain, new factors are also at play. Specifically, both the timing and size of effects from state budget solutions and H.R. 1 will help shape Medi‑Cal spending in the coming years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: The Overarching Issues

Feb 9, 2021 - The objective is for ECM to play an important role in connecting high ‑risk, high ‑need members to the appropriate ILOS and other, more standard preventive services necessary for the improvement of health outcomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4357

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - What  role would stakeholders play in Master Plan implementation? How would the department ensure its goals are sufficiently specific to be tied to measurable outcomes? How would the department ensure  financial transparency in its ongoing implementation tracking and reporting?
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 14, 2020 - The Governor proposes to specifically require Medi ‑Cal managed care plays to pay SNFs the rate determined under the proposed revised rate ‑setting framework, unless the managed care plan and the SNF mutually agree to a different, higher rate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4161

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives

Mar 11, 2020 - Quality ‑improvement processes likely play a major role in assuring and improving the safety and quality of health care broadly, including services related to women ’s health and childbirth. Medical Malpractice.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197