An Update on the Public Health Laboratory System After the Pandemic

Jun 12, 2025 - This funding included support to CDPH and LHJs for contact tracing, vaccine distribution, increased testing cap acity, and other services. In addition, a share of the funding provided to CDPH and LHJs during this time was ongoing to develop and improve public health capacity more broadly.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5056

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - This post also excludes redirections of resources, for example, state employees whose job functions have changed as a result of the pandemic. While this post reflects our best understanding of COVID-19 spending at this time, these activities remain ongoing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292

Issues That Could Impact Californians' Health Care Coverage in 2023 and Beyond

Dec 16, 2022 - As part of the federal Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, Congress effectively eliminated the federal individual mandate by setting the penalty for violating the coverage requirement to zero beginning in 2019.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4654

The 2024-25 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Feb 13, 2024 - The department has started the process to create a statewide database containing contact details for all service providers authorized to serve DDS consumers. Prior to this, the department did not maintain comprehensive contact details for providers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4837

The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - California must adhere to federally established Part B and Part C time lines and other rules as a condition of receiving IDEA funding. Provisional Lanterman Act Eligibility for Children Ages 3 and 4.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

The 2025-26 Budget: MCO Tax and Proposition 35

Feb 26, 2025 - The measure itself raises complex issues, owing in large part to its being drafted in fall 2023, prior to subsequent changes made to the MCO tax in 2024. Nonetheless, we follow the department ’s initial spending plan and raise no concerns with it at this time.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4992

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

Jan 13, 2025 - The  administration appears to share some of these concerns, noting recent job losses among high ‑wage workers and the risks posed by the inherent volatility of tax receipts tied to stock market gains.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4951

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

May 6, 2021 - Longstanding federal law gives workers who lose their employer-sponsored health insurance the opportunity to maintain the coverage provided by their employee health plan after the termination of their employment or other changes that otherwise would result in the loss of coverage (such as a change from full- to part-time employee status).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4425

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - As part of the agreement, the partner has set a target price for the new product of $30 for each vial or $55 for a pack of five prefilled insulin pens. According to HCAI, these prices are close to the cost of production.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

Impact of COVID-19 on Health Care Access

May 7, 2021 - Data on job loss patterns, however, provide some insight. While there were 1.5  million net job losses as of December 2020, the net decline in job-based health care coverage was closer to 300,000. The low share of workers and their families losing job-based coverage likely is, in part, due to the fact that
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4426