The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health 100 100 a The spending plan assumes a portion of funds designated for this service ($88 million) cannot be allocated due to implementation issues and instead will be spent in 2027.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

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

May 6, 2021 - The funding also may be used to offset lost revenues resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, such as those associated with hospitals cancelling elective procedures to free up capacity to address the COVID-19 outbreak.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - The Naloxone Distribution Project, which is administered by DHCS, provides free naloxone products by request to hospitals, schools, law enforcement, and other public and community‑based organizations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

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

May 16, 2019 - Counties Free to Dedicate up to 15  Percent of MHSA Revenue to Local Workforce Programs. The MHSA authorizes, but does not require, counties to spend a portion of their MHSA revenues on workforce development activities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4049

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Total costs of this public education campaign are projected to be $100  million General Fund across the five years of the initiative. Provides Funding to Continue CalHOPE Program. The spending plan includes $45  million General Fund one time in 2021 ‑22 to DHCS to continue the CalHOPE Student Support Program, which provides free crisis counseling and support services through a centralized resource website.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

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

Feb 5, 2025 - About one ‑third of the funding has gone to the Naloxone Distribution Project, which aims to reduce opioid overdose deaths through the provision of free naloxone. Other activities funded with the settlements include prevention and harm reduction grants and an education and awareness campaign.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 23, 2023 - The spending plan shifts the elimination of the delay in provider payment processing until 2024-25, which frees up $378  million one-time General Fund in 2022-23. Sweeps Medi-Cal Drug Rebate Fund Reserve.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4810

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the Governor’s Major May Revision Behavioral Health Proposals

May 24, 2021 - The Governor ’s May Revision includes $45  million one-time CFRF (available over multiple years) to DHCS to continue the CalHOPE Student Support Program, which provides free crisis counseling and support services through a centralized resource website.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4439

COVID-19: Federal Health-Related Response

Mar 23, 2020 - The funding also may be used to offset lost revenues resulting from the COVID-19 outbreak, such as those associated with hospitals cancelling elective procedures to free up capacity to address the COVID-19 outbreak.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4209

Considering Medi-Cal in the Midst of a Changing Fiscal and Policy Landscape

Oct 24, 2025 - The new requirement will only apply to childless adults earning more than 100  percent of the federal poverty limit. Certain services, such as primary care and behavioral health care, are excluded from the  requirement.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083