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

Mar 6, 2025 - Estimate About Two ‑Thirds of Senior Growth Due to Eligibility Expansions Is From Asset Test Elimination. As discussed above, the elimination of a Medi ‑Cal share of cost for certain seniors provides about 30,000 of the 165,000 estimated senior growth due to eligibility expansions, leaving 135,000 of the growth to allocate between two eligibility expansions: (1)  the older adult expansion and (2)  the asset test elimination.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - These include: (1)  staffing resources; (2)  laboratory equipment resources and the types of tests that can be performed; (3)  the number and types of tests performed annually over the last several years; and (4)  if applicable, the extent to which existing levels of staffing and equipment allow for testing above current levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

A Long-Term Outlook: Disability Among California’s Seniors

Nov 28, 2016 - Figure  2 shows national LTSS spending by payer in 2013 (such a breakout is not available for California). In California, the most recent analysis released by CMS indicates that Medi –Cal spending on LTSS was over $14  billion total funds in the 2012 –13 federal fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3509

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The spending plan includes $5.5  million one-time General Fund for three external entities: (1)  the Northeast Valley Health Corporation ($3  million), (2)  the Youth Mental Health Academy ($2  million), and (3)  the American Reproductive Centers fertility clinic ($500,000).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

COVID-19: Federal Health-Related Response

Mar 23, 2020 - Of this amount, about $2  million was allocated to tribal organizations in California. Insurance Coverage Requirements for COVID-19 Testing and Treatment Changes to Private Health Insurance Coverage Requirements for COVID-19 Testing and Treatment.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4209

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2024 - In line with this risk, our outlook assumes future rule changes result in a much smaller MCO tax in 2 027 (around the size of the version that existed from 2020 through 2022). That said, other effects also are possible.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4941

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - At the time of this report, DDS was working to complete Stage 2 of the PAL process, or the Alternatives Analysis. Stage 2 requires the department to conduct market research on which IT solution could meet the project ’s desired outcomes, as well as develop a financial analysis for the recommended solution.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

May 6, 2021 - Funding for COVID-19 Testing, Treatment, and Vaccine Distribution/Administration Funding to State and Local Governments for Testing, Contact Tracing, Lab Capacity, and Related Activities. The ARP Act includes $47.8  billion for COVID-19 testing, contact tracing, lab capacity, and related activities conducted at the national level and by state, local, and territorial governments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - This section focuses on (1)  new community engagement requirements, (2)  the new six ‑month renewal requirement, and (3)  changes that eliminate federally funded full ‑scope (comprehensive) Medi ‑Cal coverage for certain immigrant groups.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2022-23 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 24, 2022 - COVID-19 Testing in Schools. The spending plan includes $200  million General Fund in 2021-22 for the state to directly purchase COVID-19 tests for schools and $102  million General Fund ($405  million total funds) in 2022-23 for schools to bill Medi-Cal for COVID-19 testing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4642