The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Community Care Demonstration Project

Feb 19, 2021 - Accordingly, counties with high rates of felony IST referrals that do not operate programs are typically located adjacent to counties that do. Felony IST Waitlist Has Reached New High, in Part Due to COVID ‑19 Restrictions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382

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

Feb 28, 2019 - Fourth, some parents do not follow through on physicians ’ referrals (in some instances because they hope their children will grow out of their developmental challenges). Fifth, some parents who try to follow through on referrals become discouraged before their children receive services.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3954

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

Feb 11, 2020 - LAO Recommendations We find the intent of this proposal —to provide services to prevent people with mental health conditions from becoming IST —to have merit. The amount of felony IST designations and referrals is increasing, and current DSH efforts to expand capacity for competency restoration treatment do not directly address why people are designated as a felony IST in the first place.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4154

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Major Behavioral Health Proposals

Mar 3, 2022 - After Brief Dip Due to COVID ‑19, Monthly Felony IST Referrals Generally Have Risen to Above Pre ‑Pandemic Levels. In prior years, DSH experienced gradually rising felony IST referrals for competency restoration treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4569

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - If a family has been referred for institutional deeming, they have 30 days after receiving the Medi ‑Cal application to submit it, along with required documentation, back to the county before the referral expires.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471

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

Mar 11, 2020 - Drawing on national research —which , among other things, does not find significant differences in the quality of care between states that do and do not have this requirement —we find that this requirement is unlikely to achieve this purpose.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Pay-As-You-Go. Under the pay-as-you-go approach, the state funds infrastructure up front through direct appropriations of tax and fee revenues. Pay-as-you-go spending from special funds makes up a significant share of the state ’s infrastructure spending, primarily in the transportation sector.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2021-22 Budget: CalAIM: New Directions for Services for Seniors and Persons With Disabilities

Mar 15, 2021 - This meant plans were not provided with a fiscal incentive to arrange and pay for such benefits even when doing so would have improved beneficiary outcomes and reduce the utilization of high ‑cost care.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4404

Improving Access to Dental Services for Individuals With Developmental Disabilities

Sep 27, 2018 - Residents living in ICF/DDs tend to have more complex medical needs than do other DDS consumers (although these needs may be similarly complex to the needs of residents living in the most intensive CCFs).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3884

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Health plans that participate in Covered California must use these accounts so that federal subsidies do not pay for abortion services. The fund is continuously appropriated through the 2028-29 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075