The 2022-23 Budget: Department of Developmental Services

Mar 29, 2022 - State and federal policy have shifted in recent years toward promoting competitive integrated employment (CIE) for individuals with developmental disabilities. (In this context, “competitive ” means market rate wages.)
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4577

The 2025-26 Budget: Health Care Access and Information

Feb 20, 2025 - HCAI attributes this reduction to the competition created by the new CalRx naloxone product. Whether or not CalRx has broader impacts to consumers, however, will depend on how available these new drugs are to consumers, as well as utilization.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4979

The 2019-20 Budget: Overview of the Governor's Budget

Jan 14, 2019 - The Governor also proposes $9. 6  m illion to fund an additional 4,250 Cal Grant competitive awards, which would raise the total number of new competitive awards authorized annually to 30,000. Over the past several years, the Legislature has focused on certain financial aid goals, including: ( 1)  i ncreasing living assistance (especially for students enrolled
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3916

The 2021-22 Budget: Behavioral Health: Continuum Infrastructure Funding Proposal

Feb 17, 2021 - The Governor ’s budget proposes $ 750  m illion General Fund on a one ‑time basis (available for three years) to provide competitive grants to counties to acquire or renovate facilities for community behavioral health service delivery.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4379

Analysis of California’s Physician-Supervision Requirement for Certified Nurse Midwives

Mar 11, 2020 - “Policy Perspectives: Competition and the Regulation of Advanced Practice Nurses. ” https://www.ftc.gov/system/files/documents/reports/policy ‑perspectives ‑competition ‑regulation ‑advanced ‑ practice ‑nurses/140307aprnpolicypaper.pdf.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4197

Maximizing Federal Funds for HIV/AIDS: Improving Surveillance and Reporting [Publication Details]

Feb 22, 2010 - These changes, our analysis indicates, would make the state’s surveillance database more complete, improve the state’s knowledge of disease trends, and make the state more competitive for federal AIDS funding.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/2204

Mental Health Services Act: Proposed Bond to Fund Behavioral Health Facilities and Veterans Housing

Aug 17, 2023 - Whether matching funds or real property should be required as a condition of receiving grants for behavioral health facilities and whether HCD should be required to award grants on a competitive basis.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4790

The 2017-18 Budget: An Overview of the Governor's Proposition 56 Proposals

Feb 22, 2017 - The measure requires UC to allocate these grants on a competitive basis to individuals or entities within California. These funds supplement existing research grants for tobacco ‑related medical research, as required by the measure. $31.5   Million for Schools.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3573

The 2026-27 Budget: Medi-Cal Analysis

Mar 2, 2026 - Most of the decrease in fee revenu e would result in fewer supplemental payments to private hospitals. There also will be less revenue available to fund existing service levels in Medi ‑Cal, which the administration estimates will cost $652  million General Fund in 2026 ‑27 to backfill.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5146

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

Feb 17, 2017 - Aim to Increase Competition and Choice While Reducing Costs. In concept, many of the proposed health care reforms aim to increase competition and remove or reduce certain regulations that govern health insurance markets and products.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/3569