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

Feb 5, 2025 - The $4.4  billion comes on top of $1.8  billion in state and federal funds that have already been dedicated to this purpose in a multiyear spending initiative begun in 2021 ‑ 22 —the Behavioral Health Continuum Infrastructure Program (BHCIP).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4954

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

Feb 17, 2021 - For example, schools can ( 1)  d irectly hire behavioral health professionals to provide services; ( 2)  c ontract with other entities, including county behavioral health departments, to provide behavioral health services on ‑site; or ( 3)  e lect to establish a health center or clinic on ‑site, at which behavioral health services may be provided.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4377

The 2025-26 Budget: Medi-Cal Pharmacy Spending

Apr 3, 2025 - As Figure  4 shows, the top 30 drugs in terms of spending (out of about 950 drug categories) represented less than 20  percent of all prescriptions (left column) but more than 50  percent of gross spending (right column).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5026

The 2021-22 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 10, 2021 - In addition, a law enacted last June requires the state to make a $2.3  billion supplemental payment on top of the guarantee in 2021 ‑22. Including this payment, total Proposition  98 funding for schools and community colleges in 2021 ‑22 is $88.1  billion —$60.8  billion from state General Fund and $27.3  billion from local property tax revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4309

Update on COVID-19 Spending in California

Nov 5, 2020 - Federal law enacted in March  2020 made a few significant changes to UI, including providing recipients with an additional $600 per week on top of their typical benefit through July 31, 2020 and expanding UI to cover self-employed workers.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4292

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - At the time, HCAI indicated that it could defer these funds because construction of the new insulin product will instead occur at an existing site in Virginia. According to HCAI, a forthcoming report to the Legislature will further examine the feasibility of the state engaging more directly in drug manufacturing.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2025-26 Budget: Understanding Recent Increases in the Medi-Cal Senior Caseload

Mar 6, 2025 - To be eligible for this increased funding, states were required to comply with several requirements on top of standard Medicaid rules, the most important being the “continuous coverage requirement. ” This requirement prohibited states from terminating eligibility for existing beneficiaries except in limited circumstances.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5010

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

Jun 19, 2015 - The budget package increases funding for high –cost drugs in the Department of Health Care Services by $61  million General Fund (on top of a base budget of $65  million General Fund) and the Department of State Hospitals by $6  million General Fund.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3277

The 2021-22 Spending Plan: Health

Oct 22, 2021 - To improve the affordability of individual health insurance coverage, in 2020, the state began dedicating around $300  million to $400  million in General Fund annually to support state subsidies on top of those from the federal government.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4465

The 2021-22 Budget: Initial Comments on the Governor’s May Revision

May 17, 2021 - (We also include links to Appendix tables at the end of this post and the top left of this page. These appendix tables itemize select proposals by policy area based on our understanding at this time.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4432