The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The funding to implement the rate study ’s recommended rate models was phased in beginning in 2021 ‑22, ramping up to current levels by 2024 ‑25. The increased funding was intended to support a sufficient supply of quality service providers by raising funding levels for providers via increased rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - The Governor ’s budget assumes the state receives retroactive approval for a private hospital fee for 2025, but that the fee is about equal to its level in 2024, rather than the much larger level originally submitted for approval.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - On the other hand, the freeze could incentivize some undocumented adults to pay the premium t o avoid being permanently locked out of comprehensive coverage. The interplay between these two budget solutions is challenging to predict.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - Counties have significant discretion in how they allocate 1991 realignment funding for health, only a portion of which may support laboratories (in addition to o ther public health activities, 1991 realignment health funds also can support indigent health care).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Total Level of Disenrollment Is Uncertain. While it is likely that the new eligibility policies will result in some level of disenrollment, the magnitude of this effect is uncertain. Much of the impact will depend on how the state implements the new rules.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - (These savings are distinct from state operations budget solutions enacted as part of the 2024-25 Budget Act , which directed DOF to identify efficiencies to reduce state costs without diminishing service levels.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 18, 2020 - Fiscal Outlook Assumes Current Law and Policy, Including at the Federal Level. Our outlook assumes current laws and policies remain in place throughout the outlook window (through 2024 ‑25). This includes federal law and policy.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4299

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget

Feb 16, 2018 - The state sets base ‑level foster care payments that can vary from under $1, 000 t o over $12,000 depending on the type of placement setting a foster child is in as well as by other factors. (Below, we discuss the various foster care placement settings.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

The 2019-20 Budget: Reorganization of the Division of Juvenile Justice

Apr 10, 2019 - For example, Proposition  57 (201 6) r estricted the type of youth who could be tried as adults to only those who commit a felony when they were age 16 o r 17 o r commit certain significant crimes listed in state law (such as murder, robbery, and certain sex offenses) when they were age 14 o r 15.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3998

Enhancing Federal Financial Participation for Consumers Served by the Department of Developmental Services

Nov 9, 2021 - The criteria were narrowed by state statute in 2017 t o limit estate recovery to the minimum required by federal law. Estate recovery applies to an individual who either was permanently institutionalized (at a SNF, ICF, or other medical facility) or received HCBS services at age 55 o r older.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4471