The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The administration, led by DHCS, has stated that it intends to maximize the use of existing data sources to confirm continuing eligibility of Medi ‑Cal enrollees without burdening enrollees with paperwork.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - However, counties generally did not have sufficient technical expertise in acquiring health facilities to proceed with grant program requirements effectively, which led to signif icant delays in disbursement of grant funds.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4379

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, local public health laboratories experienced flat or declining funding levels and workforce challenges that led to a number of laboratory closures. In response to the gaps in the public health infrastructure identified during the COVID-19 pandemic, the state and federal government provided public health laboratories with additional funding and established new initiatives to improve l aboratory capacity.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Department of Developmental Services Budget

Feb 7, 2020 - The results from the draft rate models had led to the omission of these services from the rate increase in 2019 ‑20. The Governor ’s budget proposes to correct that omission based on revised rate model information.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4147

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration’s Proposition 55 Estimates

Mar 1, 2018 - We estimate this has led to low hundreds of millions of dollars in higher General Fund spending on those programs in 2018 ‑19. The administration included these costs in the workload budget under the rationale that this legislation increases the costs of existing services, rather than providing a new service.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3765

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - These metrics and associated standards are to be determined by a workgroup of stakeholders led by DDS. (Prior to the full implementation of the quality incentive payment as 10  percent of the total rate, the state began providing some smaller quality incentive payments on top of providers ’ typical rates in 2022 ‑23.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2019-20 Budget: Using Proposition 56 Funding in Medi-Cal to Improve Access to Quality Care

Feb 22, 2019 - These concerns led to Proposition   56 —which raises state taxes on tobacco products and dedicates the majority of associated revenues to Medi ‑Cal on an ongoing basis —being put on the statewide ballot in November 2016.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3949

The 2020-21 Budget: Analysis of the Medi-Cal Budget

Feb 14, 2020 - As noted earlier in this report, the ACA expansion led to a dramatic surge in enrollment in Medi ‑Cal. At the same time, counties experienced significant IT ‑related challenges, particularly with the interface between SAWS and the newly developed CalHEERS.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4161

The 2021-22 Budget: LAO Preliminary Comments on the May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 21, 2021 - These two factors led us to conclude that the Governor’s January budget overstated costs related to Medi‑Cal caseload growth. Administration Has Lowered Its Caseload Growth Projections Significantly in the May Revision.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

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

Feb 19, 2021 - This, combined with reduced capacity in local court systems due to COVID ‑19 ‑restrictions, led to a decline in the number of felony ISTs referrals as shown in figure  4. (From March   2020 t o April 2020, referrals declined 63  p ercent.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4382