The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Our office estimated the full ‑year savings —in 2022 ‑ 23 —of suspending these expenditures was $1. 7  b illion. The augmentations subject to suspensions were in a variety of state programs, including In ‑Home Supportive Services, developmental services, and Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Mar 6, 2025 - These expansions occurred incrementally, with an expansion to those age 50 and over effective July 1, 2022. Continuous Coverage Period and Unwinding. In 2020, as a COVID ‑19 ‑related action, Congress approved a temporary increase in federal funding for most Medicaid costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - Since creating CalRx in 2020, the Legislature has adopted two key initiatives, described further  below. Insulin. The 2022 ‑23 budget provided $100  million one ‑time General Fund for a partnership to manufacture a biosimilar insulin product.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2023-24 Budget: Assessment of Covered California Budget Solution

Feb 13, 2023 - To support the state subsidy program, the Legislature approved $304  million General Fund annually between 2020 through 2022. Enhanced Federal Premium Subsidies Approved for 2021 and 2022, Supplanting State Subsidies.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4681

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - This requirement is known as the “continuous coverage requirement. ” Largely as a result of this policy, the Medi ‑Cal caseload has increased by 2  million enrollees between March  2020 and July  2022 (the most recent data available).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - Paramedicine —Triage to Alternate Destination Act 2020. The spending plan includes $768,000 General Fund in 2021 ‑22 and $789,000 General Fund in 2022 ‑23 and 2023 ‑24 to implement Chapter  138 of 2020 (AB  1544, Gipson), the Community Paramedicine or Triage to Alternate Destination Act.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2020-21 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 20, 2019 - Assumes Expiration of Reauthorized MCO Tax Halfway Through 2022 ‑23. The reauthorized MCO tax is scheduled to expire halfway through the 2022 ‑23 fiscal year. Accordingly, our outlook assumes no revenues from an operative MCO tax after December 2022.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4116

The 2020-21 Spending Plan: Health Budget and Policy

Oct 15, 2020 - The 2020 ‑21 spending plan provides authority for CDPH to award up to $6  million in each of 2020 ‑21, 2021 ‑22, and 2022 ‑23 for projects that have received federal approval. Licensing Fees Increased to Cover L &C Costs, but at a Lower Rate Than Originally Proposed.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4281

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - The reauthorized MCO tax offsets as much as roughly $1. 7  b illion in General Fund spending annually for the years it is in effect —January 2020 t hrough December 2022. We assume that the MCO tax is not reauthorized following its expiration halfway through 2022 ‑23.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 9, 2022 - In 2020, Congress approved an increase in the federal share of cost for Medicaid for the duration of the PHE related to COVID ‑19. The Governor ’s budget assumes the PHE remains in place through June 2022, which we find reasonable.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4522