The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

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The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook [Publication Details]

Nov 19, 2025 - This brief summarizes our annual outlook for General Fund spending on Medi-Cal.
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The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - For  example, the administration proposes using multiple data sources —including state wage records, Internal Revenue Service data, and third ‑party employment and income data (such as Equifax ’s The Work Number) —to verify income and work activity, and using diagnosis or utilization information to help identify medically frail individuals.
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The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis [Publication Details]

Mar 2, 2026 - In this report, we analyze the Governor’s budget for Medi-Cal, with a focus on base spending trends, changes to provider taxes, implementation of new H.R. 1 rules, oversight over enacted budget solutions, and considerations for identifying additional savings in Medi-Cal.
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The 2018-19 Budget: Meeting Workforce Demand for Certified Nursing Assistants in Skilled Nursing Facilities

Apr 27, 2018 - Under the SNF training model, SNFs hire their own instructors (often employees of the SNF) and often pay students hourly wages while they receive training. In exchange, SNFs typically ask, but do not require, students to commit to working at the SNF for a specified amount of time (such as one year) after becoming a CNA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3815

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

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The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services [Publication Details]

Mar 13, 2026 - Analyzes the Governor’s budget for the Department of Developmental Services (DDS), with a focus on a budget proposal to continue planning the proposed Life Outcomes Improvement System (LOIS) information technology project, implementation of new H.R.
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The 2022-23 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2022 - These expectations focus on student access, overall student outcomes, equity in student outcomes, college affordability, intersegmental collaboration, workforce preparedness, and online education. Some of the expectations (for example, improving graduation rates and closing equity gaps) build off goals the segments already had established.
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The 2019-20 May Revision: Analysis of the Governor’s January and May Mental Health Workforce Proposals

May 16, 2019 - For this analysis, we reviewed data on where recipients of mental health workforce stipends or student loan repayments worked after their service obligations had expired. As Figure  6 shows, this data showed little relationship between the regions of the state experiencing the greatest workforce challenges and the work locations of award recipients following the completion of their service obligations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4049

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Medi-Cal Student Services Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - We note that our budget post, The 2021‑22 Budget: School Mental Health , includes a recommendation for a workgroup that could work toward this strategy for schools specifically. Whether Incentive Payments Will Achieve Desired Goal Is Unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377