The 2026-27 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 13, 2026 - The department has stated that its goal is to have as many providers as possible earn the quality payments, but it has not yet discussed how it might approach circumstances in which providers do not achieve them.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5157

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

May 21, 2021 - In the Governor ’s January budget, the administration projected that caseload would grow by 3  m illion enrollees ( 24  p ercent) by 2021 ‑22, increasing General Fund costs by over $ 6  b illion compared to what they would have been absent the pandemic.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - These drugs do not come with rebates, because federally require d price reductions already occurred at the front end when the pharmacy purchased the drugs. Federal guidance also directs states to exclude claims that do not come with a federal share of cost.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Health Care Access and Information

Feb 27, 2024 - According to the department, applications were evaluated based on a point system, with higher points awarded to hospitals with worse cash situations, lower profit margins, stronger plans to turnaround their financial situation, and greater service de livery to underserved communities.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860

The 2023-24 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2023 - In contrast, we do not view these items as baseline spending because they were not approved in any budget ‑related legislation. Consequently, we do not consider withdrawing the inflation set ‑aside or shifting back to lease revenue bonds from cash to be budget solutions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4662

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

Feb 17, 2021 - Although schools (and counties who currently have partnerships with schools) may already provide similar services as those that managed care plans can provide, the degree to which they do is unclear.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

The 2022-23 Budget: Analysis of the Care Economy Workforce Development Package

Mar 10, 2022 - However, as discussed earlier, how several augmentations within the proposed package would fit within the structure of existing workforce de velopment programs is unclear. Accordingly, new workforce development programs may need to be created to administer some of the funding in this proposed package.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4572

The 2025-26 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2025 - Since 2023 ‑24, the Legislature has addressed a cumulative total of $82  billion in budget problems, but even including the withdrawal for 2025 ‑26, has only used about half of the Budget Stabilization Account (BSA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

The 2023-24 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 15, 2023 - In this brief, we provide some basic background on DDS before describing and assessing the Governor ’s 2023 ‑24 budget proposals for the department. Relative to other recent budgets, the Governor ’s proposal contains relatively fewer major new initiatives and we do not find major issues with these or with the administration ’s underlying caseload assumptions.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4683

The 2023-24 Budget: Medi-Cal Fiscal Outlook

Nov 16, 2022 - Budget Year (2023 ‑24) Outlook Anticipates Overall Spending Decline in 2023 ‑24. We project Medi ‑Cal General Fund spending to be $34.2  billion in 2023 ‑ 24 —a $1.3  billion decline from our revised 2022 ‑23 estimate.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4649