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

May 21, 2021 - The service, which would be provided by a contracted vendor, would serve as a centralized data repository and portal whereby users could obtain administrative and clinical services data on Medi ‑Cal recipients (de ‑identified, as necessary).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4436

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - Health plans that participate in Covered California must use these accounts so that federal subsidies do not pay for abortion services. The fund is continuously appropriated through the 2028-29 fiscal year.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

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

Feb 17, 2021 - Less than half of all school districts participate in the LEA ‑BOP, and the program only covers roughly 6  p ercent of students statewide. Schools Can Partner With County Behavioral Health. Schools can establish a partnership with their county to provide behavioral health services on ‑site.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

The Uncertain Affordable Care Act Landscape: What It Means for California

Feb 17, 2017 - Under current Medicaid rules, the federal government projects total Medicaid spending to grow at a rate of approximately 6 percent annually, while inflation is expected to be less than 3 percent per year in the near term.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3569

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 2019-20 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s Mental Health Workforce Proposal

May 9, 2019 - As Figure  6 shows, this data showed little relationship between the regions of the state experiencing the greatest workforce challenges and the work location of award recipients following the completion of their service obligations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4031

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

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

Oct 24, 2025 - The current limit —set at 6  percent of a taxed provider group ’s overall net patient revenue —is intended to prevent states from adopting very large taxes and imposing high costs on the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5083

The 2020-21 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 13, 2020 - Governor Has a $6   Billion Surplus to Allocate. We estimate the Governor had a $6  b illion surplus to allocate in the 2020 ‑ 21 b udget process. (The box below gives more information on how we use the term “surplus ” in the Overview of the Governor ’s Budget .)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4135

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

Feb 27, 2024 - Figure 6 Most Hospital Loans Have Been Fully Executed Loan Awarded in Distressed Hospital Loan Program (In Millions) Hospital
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4860