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

Feb 16, 2018 - The units at both DCs were recently recertified for 2018 and will thus continue to receive federal funding through December 2018. (The Governor ’s budget assumes the ICF/DD units will be recertified in 2019 and federal funding will continue for the balance of 2018 ‑19.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3757

The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Governor's 340B Medi-Cal Proposal

Mar 21, 2018 - The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Governor's 340B Medi-Cal Proposal Summary This budget report analyzes the Governor ’s 2018 ‑ 19 b udget proposal to eliminate the use of the 340B Drug Pricing Program in Medi ‑Cal.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3790

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 14, 2018 - Outlook Assumes Reduced Repayments in 2018-19 and 2019-20. Our outlook assumes the state repayments of disputed federal funding will be about $400  million less in 2018-19 than assumed in the 2018-19 Budget Act because of new information suggesting the amount of federal funding in dispute is less than previously thought.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3898

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - As   Figure  5 shows, at the start of 2018, antipsychotics (drugs that treat certain mental health conditions) and insulin (drugs that help regulate blood sugar for diabetics) represented around one ‑quarter of gross spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2018-19 Budget: Governor's May Revision Medi-Cal Budget

May 14, 2018 - For background on the use of Proposition  56 funding in Medi-Cal, please refer to our February 2018 report: The 2018-19 Budget: Analysis of the Health and Human Services Budget . Governor ’s January 2018-19 Budget Proposed Spending Maximum Amount Authorized in 2017-18 Budget Agreement on Provider Payment Increases.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3839

The 2025-26 California Spending Plan: Health

Oct 16, 2025 - The database, created as part of the 2018-19 budget, includes data from most health care payors in California (including private insurance, Medi-Cal, and Medicare) around health care utilization and costs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5075

The 2018-19 Budget: The Administration's Proposition 55 Estimates in the May Revision

May 22, 2018 - Figure 2 Administration ’s Proposition  55 Calculations in 2018 ‑19 (In  Billions)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3844

Fiscal Outlook: Medi-Cal

Nov 15, 2017 - Medi-Cal Expenditures Projected to Be Substantially Higher in 2018 ‑19. We project that Medi-Cal General Fund spending will be $21.1  billion in 2018 ‑19, a nearly 12  percent increase over our revised estimate of 2017 ‑18 spending.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3715

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

Recent Changes to State and County IHSS Wage and Benefit Costs

Dec 14, 2018 - As of October 1, 2018, 23 counties provide IHSS wages above the state minimum wage ($11.00 per hour in 2018). In addition, some counties make contributions towards health, visio n, and dental benefits for certain IHSS providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3913