The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Individuals must generally work, study, or volunteer at least 80  hours per month, or meet an earnings threshold (about $580 per month, equivalent to 80 hours at the federal minimum wage) unless they qualify for certain exemptions (such as having young children or being medically frail).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 19, 2025 - Pursuant to state law, most of the decline in revenue will affect supplemental payments to private hospitals, with only a portion (around 25  percent) resulting in less money for existing Medi ‑Cal costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5092

The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

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https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5092

The 2024-25 Budget: The MCO Tax Package at May Revision

May 22, 2024 - The administration has not provided further detail on how the proposed payment would work. Backfills Declining Proposition  56 Funds. Proposition  56 (2016) increased taxes on tobacco products. The state uses most of the associated revenue to fund supplemental payments to certain Medi-Cal providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4905

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.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5146

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

Oct 24, 2025 - Most notably, states can determine compliance via employment using an income ‑based approach, rather than a work ‑hour approach. Under the income ‑based approach, enrollees will be required to earn at least $580 each month —the federal minimum wage ($7.25 per hour) multiplied by 80 hours.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

Building California’s Behavioral Health Infrastructure: Progress Update and Opportunities for the Proposition 1 Bond

Feb 5, 2025 - Medi ‑Cal Mobile Crisis Benefit. Effective January 1, 2023, this benefit provides, for a five ‑year period, certain community ‑based mobile crisis intervention services to Medi ‑Cal members. Spending on this benefit is estimated to be about $250  million in 2024 ‑25.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

COVID-19: American Rescue Plan’s Major Health-Related Funding Provisions

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The 2015-16 Budget: Major Features of the Adopted Plan (Health and Human Services)

Jun 19, 2015 - Establishes New Earned Income Tax Credit. The budget package includes $380  million General Fund for a new Earned Income Tax Credit, designed to increase the after –tax income of the state ’s workers with the lowest incomes.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3277