An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - (These responsibilities are broad, but are laid out in Sections 101150 - 101165 of the Health and Safety Code and Sections 1075 - 1084, Title 17 of the California Code of Regulations .) This assessment also could look at potential regional capacity differences and the extent to which laboratories can handle novel disease testing or high volumes of testing during an outbreak.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - To better simplify these data, we used each drug ’s classification as identified under the Food and Drug Administration ’s National Drug Code Directory . These classifications generally categorize drugs based on how they work, how they are used, and other factors.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - More specifically, the growth has been almost exclusively in the “1H ” aid code, which corresponds to the ABD FPL program. ABD FPL program enrollees have countable income under 138  percent of the FPL, are not enrolled in SSI, and do not have a share of  cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 25, 2019 - In addition, services are billed according to a system of more than 150 c odes; service providers are “vendorized ” to provide services under a given code or codes. Based on conversations with RCs and service providers, it is our understanding that these codes are not necessarily used consistently across the state and that despite the sheer
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3952

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - For example, such a scaled ‑back approach could target select service provider codes where the workforce shortages are most acute. This approach would require collaboration with the administration and stakeholders.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - Since January  1, 2016, the Legislature has passed a variety of laws that increase the costs of existing state services, but are not adjustments explicitly allowed in the workload budget definition of Government Code   §13308.05.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (To define capital outlay, due to the importance of the SAL in state budgeting this year, we use the more expansive definition found in Government Code 7914, rather than the traditional budgetary definition.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432

Climate Change Impacts Across California - Health

Apr 5, 2022 - Similar types of efforts from other non ‑health state departments likely will be considered in future years, such as potentially establishing heat or smoke safety standards for outdoor activities at schools, updating building codes, or making changes to general planning requirements.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4580