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

Nov 28, 2016 - Seniors turning 65 between 2015 and 2019 who have greater than a high school education spend fewer years on average with one or more ADL limitations than seniors with a high school degree or GED credential and seniors with less than a high school education (4.2 years vs. 4.8 years and 5.8  years, respectively).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3509

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - Pursuant to last year ’s trigger language, the Governor ’s budget assumes the remaining augmentations under the state ’s previous spending plan (those scheduled to begin in 2025 and 2026) are no longer in effect.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

The 2024-25 California Spending Plan: Health

Sep 17, 2024 - The budget package withdraws the scheduled end of a two-week deferral in fee-for-service payments. The deferral, which was initially enacted to help address a budget problem in the 2006-07 budget, was scheduled to end in 2022-23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4930

The 2020-21 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2019 - By the end of 2021 ‑22, there are no further scheduled declines in the federal share of cost, and therefore no corresponding increases in General Fund costs. The scheduled stabilization of the federal share of cost for Medi-Cal will reduce year-over-year General Fund cost growth by hundreds of millions of dollars compared to previous years.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4116

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 14, 2018 - To a large degree, this growth is due to projected caseload and hours-per-consumer growth and the implementation of statutorily scheduled statewide minimum wage increases that significantly increase the average cost per consumer.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3899

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 14, 2018 - Scheduled Minimum Wage Increases Projected to Gradually Reduce Caseloads and Costs. Pursuant to Chapter  4  of  2016 (SB  3, Leno), the state ’s minimum wage is scheduled to gradually increase on an annual basis to $15 per hour in 2023.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3898

The 2024-25 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Feb 14, 2024 - The  Governor proposes to withdraw the scheduled end of a two ‑week deferral in fee ‑for ‑service payments. The deferral, which was initially enacted to help address a budget problem in the 2006 ‑07 budget, was originally scheduled to end in 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4838

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

Feb 25, 2019 - The 14 ‑day schedule would therefore exceed both state and federal government practices. One option is to statutorily establish a 10 ‑ or 11 ‑day schedule, rather than 14. This would not result in the savings estimated by the administration, however.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3952

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - For example, when the state minimum wage reaches $12.00 per hour (scheduled to occur on January 1, 2019), the state participation cap will equal $13.10 per hour (state minimum wage plus $1.10). Once the state minimum wage increases to $15.00 per hour (scheduled to occur on January 1, 2022), the state participation cap will increase to $16.10 per hour.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913

Fiscal Outlook: In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)

Nov 15, 2017 - To a large degree, this growth reflects the implementation of statutorily scheduled statewide minimum wage increases that will significantly increase the average cost per consumer and overtime costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3712